[HTML][HTML] What is known about community pharmacy-based take-home naloxone programs and program interventions? A scoping review

A Cid, G Daskalakis, K Grindrod, MA Beazely - Pharmacy, 2021 - mdpi.com
A variety of new sources describing community pharmacy-based take-home naloxone (THN)
programs have emerged recently in the literature. There is a need to define the types of take …

Losing the uphill battle? Emergent harm reduction interventions and barriers during the opioid overdose crisis in Canada

C Strike, TM Watson - International Journal of Drug Policy, 2019 - Elsevier
Canada continues to experience an escalating opioid overdose crisis that has claimed more
than 8000 lives in the country since 2016. The presence of the synthetic opioid fentanyl and …

[HTML][HTML] Fentanyl self-testing outside supervised injection settings to prevent opioid overdose: Do we know enough to promote it?

CR McGowan, M Harris, L Platt, V Hope… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Since 2013, North America has experienced a sharp increase in unintentional fatal
overdoses: fentanyl, and its analogues, are believed to be primarily responsible. Currently …

Endogenous opiates and behavior: 2017

RJ Bodnar - Peptides, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper is the fortieth consecutive installment of the annual anthological review of
research concerning the endogenous opioid system, summarizing articles published during …

[HTML][HTML] Considerations for the design of overdose education and naloxone distribution interventions: results of a multi-stakeholder workshop

K Sellen, B Markowitz, JA Parsons, P Leece… - BMC public health, 2023 - Springer
Introduction Opioid overdose epidemic is a public health crisis that is impacting communities
around the world. Overdose education and naloxone distribution programs equip and train …

Do electronic health record prompts increase take‐home naloxone administration for emergency department patients after an opioid overdose?

R Marino, A Landau, M Lynch, C Callaway… - …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Aims Distribution of take‐home naloxone (THN) to emergency
department (ED) patients who have survived an opioid overdose (OD) could reduce future …

[HTML][HTML] The uptake of the pharmacy-dispensed naloxone kit program in Ontario: a population-based study

B Choremis, T Campbell, M Tadrous, D Martins… - PloS One, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Background Naloxone is a life-saving antidote for opioid overdoses. In June 2016, the
Ontario government implemented the Ontario Naloxone Program for Pharmacies (ONPP) to …

Non-medical opioid use, harms, and interventions in Canada–a 10-year update on an unprecedented substance use-related public health crisis

L Vojtila, M Pang, B Goldman, P Kurdyak… - … , Prevention and Policy, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
This commentary follows up on previous examinations on the state and evolution of opioid
use, related harms, and interventions since the early 2000s in Canada. Since the most …

Routine opioid outcome monitoring in community pharmacy: Outcomes from an open-label single-arm implementation-effectiveness pilot study

S Nielsen, L Picco, M Kowalski, P Sanfilippo… - Research in Social and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Background In response to rising harms with prescription opioids, recent attention has
focused on how to better utilise community pharmacists to monitor outcomes with opioid …

[HTML][HTML] Australian community pharmacy harm-minimisation services: Scope for service expansion to improve healthcare access

SS McMillan, H Chan, LH Hattingh - Pharmacy, 2021 - mdpi.com
Community pharmacies are well positioned to participate in harm-minimisation services to
reduce harms caused by both licit and illicit substances. Considering developments in …