Naloxone Knowledge, Carrying, Purchase, and Use.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Widespread naloxone access is a key policy response to the opioid crisis. Naloxone availability is typically estimated from pharmacy sales, which exclude naloxone provided by community organizations, hospitals, and clinics, or sold over-the-counter.

Objective

To estimate naloxone knowledge, carrying, purchase, and use among US adults.

Design, setting, and participants

This survey study included noninstitutionalized adults aged 18 years and older from a national sample and a sample self-reporting opioid dependence. Respondents answered online questions between June 7 and June 29, 2024, about naloxone knowledge, carrying, purchase, and use.

Exposures

Opioid misuse, risk of overdose, risk of overdose by person known to respondent.

Main outcomes and m

SUBMITTER: Jacobson M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877168 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature