Expect More Hospitals to Dispense Naloxone at Discharge

January 2016

The new Narcan nasal spray (naloxone) will be another choice to help reverse a suspected opioid overdose.

You're used to seeing naloxone used in patients having dangerous effects from getting too much of an opioid (fentanyl, morphine, etc).

Now hospitals are starting to dispense naloxone at discharge to patients at risk for an overdose...such as those who require high doses of opioids or those switching from one opioid to another.

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Expect More Hospitals to Dispense Naloxone at Discharge

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