This is an academic paper showing that providing take-home naloxone to clients of opioid treatment providers (e.g. methadone clinics) is a good harm reduction strategy to reduce negative outcomes associated with opioid overdose in the community. Of the 395 participants enrolled in this study, 73 participants performed 114 opioid overdose reversals in the community over a one-year period.
Resource Type
Peer-reviewed Articles and Reports
Continuum of Care
Harm Reduction
Response Approach
Medications for Opioid Use Disorder
Overdose prevention
Peer-reviewed Article
Citation
Katzman, J. G., Takeda, M. Y., Greenberg, N., Balasch, M. M., Alchbli, A., Katzman, W. G., Salvador, J. G., & Bhatt, S. R. (2020). Association of Take-Home Naloxone and Opioid Overdose Reversals Performed by Patients in an Opioid Treatment Program. JAMA Network Open, 3(2), e200117–e200117.