Strategies for preventing heroin overdose

BMJ. 2003 Feb 22;326(7386):442-4. doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7386.442.

Author

Karl A Sporer¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA. ksporer@itsa.ucsf.edu

No abstract available

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use
Drug Overdose / epidemiology
Drug Overdose / prevention & control
Heroin / poisoning*
Heroin Dependence / epidemiology
Heroin Dependence / rehabilitation*
Humans
Methadone / therapeutic use
Naloxone / adverse effects
Naloxone / analogs & derivatives*
Naloxone / therapeutic use
Narcotic Antagonists / adverse effects
Narcotic Antagonists / therapeutic use
Patient Education as Topic

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid
Narcotic Antagonists
Naloxone
Heroin
naloxazine
Methadone