Utah Naloxone: Opioid Overdose Death Prevention Program


Utah Naloxone: Opioid Overdose Death Prevention Program

Utah Naloxone is committed to increasing awareness of and access to naloxone to prevent opioid overdose death. We are working to decrease the stigma surrounding substance use disorder and to educate people about the role of naloxone in saving lives.

 

Naloxone (Narcan®) rescue kits allow a people who witness an overdose to administer the medication via injection or intranasal administration. Nationally, distribution of Naloxone rescue kits resulted in more than 26,000 drug overdose reversals from 1996 to 2014.

Naloxone is legal, easy to administer, and has not been shown to increase drug misuse. Naloxone is currently available in the State of Utah by prescription. Legislation was passed during the 2016 legislative session to expand the accessibility of Naloxone.

Information on detecting an overdose or obtaining a Naloxone kit can be found at www.utahnaloxone.org.

 

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