Providing take home naloxone needs to be improved to prevent opioid overdose deaths

Nicholas Lintzeris^{1

2}

Affiliations

Editorial

Nicholas Lintzeris. Med J Aust. 2020 Apr.

. 2020 Apr;212(7):307-308.

doi: 10.5694/mja2.50561. Epub 2020 Mar 24.

Nicholas Lintzeris^{1

2}

¹ The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW.
² Drug and Alcohol Services, South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW.

No abstract available

Keywords: Drug overdose; Opioid-related disorders.

Comment on

Community pharmacy naloxone supply, before and after rescheduling as an over-the-counter drug: sales and prescriptions data, 2014-2018.
Tse WC, Sanfilippo P, Lam T, Dietze P, Nielsen S. Tse WC, et al. Med J Aust. 2020 Apr;212(7):314-320. doi: 10.5694/mja2.50524. Epub 2020 Mar 3. Med J Aust. 2020. PMID: 32124984

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