Topic in Focus: Naloxone

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Embracing harm reduction in the emergency department

Learn about work by Phoenix emergency physicians to get naloxone directly into the hands of patients at risk of overdose.

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Ending the stigma of opioid-use disorder in the emergency department

Need for cultural shift in medicine on opioid-use disorder is long overdue. Learn about one emergency physician’s journey to understanding.

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Dec. 3, 2021: State Advocacy Update

AMA urges nation’s naloxone manufactures to make product OTC and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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Nov. 19, 2021: State Advocacy Update

Updated model state legislation would expand access to harm reduction services and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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AMA welcomes Administration’s opioid plan

AMA commends Biden Administration’s plan to reduce overdose epidemic in U.S.

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Oct. 8, 2021: State Advocacy Update

DEA issues public health advisory about counterfeit pills and more in the latest State Advocacy Update.

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AMA Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force recommendations

Learn more about the AMA Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force's recommendations to help physicians to take action on evidence-based interventions.

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New AMA Substance Use & Pain Care Task Force urges action to help patients

Substance Use and Pain Care Task Force recommendations aim to promote evidence-based policy to help end the drug-related overdose and death epidemic.

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44% drop in opioid Rx since 2011, but overdoses spike. Here’s why.

Learn what’s really driving the worsening epidemic of drug-related overdoses and deaths, and how the AMA is working fervently to end it.

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