(1/6) #ICYMI Earlier this week, 
important articles came out discussing progress in our fight to address the #OpioidEpidemic and highlighting the work that remains.
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(2/6) @CDCGov’s #VitalSigns report showed that b/w 2017-2018 #naloxone prescriptions have more than doubled! This progress illustrates hope but we know more dispensing is needed – and critical in our fight! #GetNaloxone & Learn more: https://www.cdc.gov/vitalsigns/naloxone/ …pic.twitter.com/7eiz6jwAAw
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@CDCgov’s report also recommends co-prescribing#naloxone for patients at risk of an overdose. Learn more in@CDCgov’s report & read@HHS_ASH’s guidance here: https://bit.ly/2PSkUin pic.twitter.com/c9NPGKq45L
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@JAMA_current also released an article about#Naloxone Co-prescribing to Patients Receiving Prescription Opioids in the Medicare Part D Program in the United States.https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2740706?resultClick=1 …Show this thread -
(5/6) I authored a piece w/
@CDCInjury issuing a call to aid for all Emergency Physicians, who are important partners in combating the#OpioidEpidemic. Read it here: https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(19)30606-7/fulltext …Show this thread -
(6/6) Want to learn more about
@HHSgov’s 5-point strategy to combat the#OpioidCrisis? Visit https://www.hhs.gov/opioids/ for resources on prevention, treatment, and recovery.Show this thread
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I think there's a very interesting point to be made that was left out. It appears that this increase in naloxone could be the reason that OD deaths declined for the first time. Stats show it WAS NOT the reduction in Rx opioids. Can the Rx
#OpioidHysteria now come to an end?pic.twitter.com/NPpnuPjXMn
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Because we all know that a person who has overdosed is going to wake up to give themselves a shot. MONEY GRUBBING by politicians and you’re condoning, even pushing it. I’d hoped that we’d have a surgeon general who would advise for all Americans, not just certain groups.
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I've always wondered if there wasn't something behind this so called opioid epidemic, perhaps made up to push another pharmaceutical product? Could it be, could it be so sales of Naloxone & Narcan w/ skyrocket? Who has stock in the makers of these drugs???
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