Co-prescribing naloxone in primary care settings may reduce ER visits

©iStockphoto/megaflopp Research funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) found that patients taking opioids for long-term chronic pain, who were given prescriptions for naloxone in a primary care setting, had 63 percent fewer opioid-related emergency department visits after one year...
Source: NIDA News - Category: Addiction Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Opioids, Pain, Pain Medication, Prescription Drugs, Researchers, Treatment Research Source Type: news