(Source: BMC - Boston Medical Center) Overdose Education, Nasal Naloxone Rescue Kits Associated with Decreased Opioid Overdose Death Boston - Feb. 1, 2013 - In a study of communities in Massachusetts with high numbers of opioid overdose deaths, the implementation of overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) was associated with a significant reduction in opioid overdose death rates. Led by researchers at Boston Medical Center (BMC), Boston University Schools of Medicine (BUSM) and Public Health (BUSPH) in collaboration with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (MDPH) and published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ), this study...
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