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Prescription drug abuse in the USA claims over 16,000 lives annually. The risk of overdose is real, and most deaths are unintentional. Multiple risk factors exist independent of the medication used (medical and psychiatric comorbidities). Treatment of opioid overdose can be accomplished with nasal or injectable naloxone. Laypersons can be trained to recognize opioid overdose and treat it immediately; however, emergency responders should be called immediately upon a witnessed overdose (911) and appropriate medical care provided at a facility.
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Silverman, S.M., Staats, P.S. (2016). Naloxone Treatment of Opioid Overdose. In: Staats, P., Silverman, S. (eds) Controlled Substance Management in Chronic Pain. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30964-4_11
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