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AUGUST 6, 2019

Pharmacists Can Do More to Ensure Naloxone Availability

By Marie Rosenthal

Only one naloxone prescription was dispensed for every 70 high-dose opioid prescriptions—a marker for opioid overdose risk—written nationwide, according to Anne Schuchat, MD, the principal deputy director at the CDC. Dr. Schuchat called on pharmacists to help increase the use of the overdose reversal drug.

Despite a significant increase in naloxone prescribing in recent years, CDC researchers report in the latest Vital Signs that far too little naloxone is being