Reducing Fatal Opioid Overdose: Prevention, Treatment and Harm Reduction Strategies

The opioid overdose epidemic is a major threat to the public's health, resulting in the development and implementation of a variety of strategies to reduce fatal overdose. Many strategies are focused on primary prevention and increased access to effective treatment, although the past decade has...

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Published in:The Yale journal of biology & medicine 2015-09, Vol.88 (3), p.235-245
Main Authors: Hawk, Kathryn F, Vaca, Federico E, D'Onofrio, Gail
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Chronic pain
Drug abuse
Drug dosages
Drug overdose
Drug Overdose - mortality
Drug Overdose - prevention & control
Emergency medical care
Evidence-Based Medicine
Fatalities
Fentanyl
Harm Reduction
Health care
Heroin
Humans
Incidence
Intervention
Morphine
Naloxone
Naloxone - therapeutic use
Narcotic Antagonists - therapeutic use
Narcotics
Opioid-Related Disorders - mortality
Opioid-Related Disorders - prevention & control
Opioids
Overdose
Pain management
Patient satisfaction
Physicians
Prescription drugs
Prevention
Review
Risk Factors
Substance abuse treatment
Treatment Outcome
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Summary:The opioid overdose epidemic is a major threat to the public's health, resulting in the development and implementation of a variety of strategies to reduce fatal overdose. Many strategies are focused on primary prevention and increased access to effective treatment, although the past decade has seen an exponential increase in harm reduction initiatives. To maximize identification of opportunities for intervention, initiatives focusing on prevention, access to effective treatment, and harm reduction are examined independently, although considerable overlap exists. Particular attention is given to harm reduction approaches, as increased public and political will have facilitated widespread implementation of several initiatives, including increased distribution of naloxone and policy changes designed to increase bystander assistance during a witnessed overdose.
ISSN:0044-0086
1551-4056