Call for OTC drug in pharmacy to curb opioid death rate

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Call for OTC drug in pharmacy to curb opioid death rate

Paulette Crowley

Paulette Crowley

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Naloxone can help prevent deaths from opioid overdoses and the NZ Drug Foundation says it should be readily available in pharmacy, Paulette Crowley writes

Almost 50 New Zealanders die of accidental opioid overdoses each year, some of them from prescription medications, a new report from the NZ Drug Found, Sarah Helm 2022, Sarah Helm, executive director NZ Drug Foundation, says the health system is unprepared for an opioid crisis