Lifesaving addiction medications are rarely started following opioid overdose emergencies
September 18, 2023
September 18, 2023
ANN ARBOR, Michigan, Sept. 18 -- The University of Michigan issued the following news release:
Study: Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder After Overdoses Among Medicaid Enrollees
Could future opioid overdoses, fatalities and other harms of opioid addiction be prevented if hospital emergency departments made better use of effective medications for opioid addiction?
A team of University of Michigan researchers thinks so.
Led by Thuy Nguyen . . .
Study: Use of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder After Overdoses Among Medicaid Enrollees
Could future opioid overdoses, fatalities and other harms of opioid addiction be prevented if hospital emergency departments made better use of effective medications for opioid addiction?
A team of University of Michigan researchers thinks so.
Led by Thuy Nguyen . . .