Provision of naloxone to injection drug users as an overdose prevention strategy: Early evidence from a pilot study in New York City

Addictive Behaviors

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 907-912

  Galea, Sandro ^a,b,c   Worthington, Nancy ^d   Piper, Tinka Markham ^a   Nandi, Vijay V ^a   Curtis, Matt ^e   Rosenthal, David M ^d  

^a NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health New York ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center   (United States)

^e OPEN SOCIETY FOUNDATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

Harm reduction; Injection drug users; Naloxone; Overdose; Overdose prevention; Syringe exchange program

Indexed keywords

NALOXONE;

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG DEPENDENCE; DRUG OVERDOSE; EXPERIENCE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ABUSE; MALE; MORTALITY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCRIPTION; PREVENTION STUDY; PROPHYLAXIS; SURVIVAL; SYRINGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; NALOXONE; NARCOTIC ANTAGONISTS; NEEDLE-EXCHANGE PROGRAMS; OVERDOSE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SUBSTANCE ABUSE, INTRAVENOUS;

EID: 33646131432     PISSN: 03064603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2005.07.020     Document Type: Article

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