Naloxone access is too complicated. A simplified future will save lives.

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  • April 4, 2022
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  • Dasgupta, Nabarun
  • Doe-Simkins, Maya
    • Other Affiliation: Remedy Alliance For The People
  • Wheeler, Eliza
    • Other Affiliation: Remedy Alliance For The People
  • Davis, Corey
    • Other Affiliation: Remedy Alliance For The People
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  • The current system is complicated and inefficient. Only harm reduction programs with physicians can obtain naloxone from manufacturers and distributors, or from health departments with standing orders. However, a simplified future will save lives. Non-profit supplies should be exempt from wholesale distributor regulations during a Public Health Emergency on overdose deaths. We can effectively remove the prescription requirement for programs and reduce reliance on imperfect standing orders. In face, FDA proposed doing exactly this last month, more broadly. Pending Drug Supply Chain Security Act regulations exempt distribution of emergency medications during a declared Public Health Emergency. If FDA enacted this proposed general rule for naloxone immediately, harm reduction programs could obtain naloxone without having to beg doctors to buy naloxone for them.
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