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Preventing Overdose Deaths with Naloxone: Harm Reduction vs Encouraging Use - Frankly Speaking EP 296

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Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™   CME/CE Information and Claim Credit: https://www.pri-med.com/online-education/podcast/frankly-speaking-cme-296   Overview: The number of drug overdoses in the United States continues to rise in tandem with the growing opioid epidemic. In 2020, nearly 92,000 people died from drug overdoses in the United States, which was an approximate 31% increase in just one year. This episode will highlight perceived barriers to harm reduction and show primary care providers how they can play a key role in overdose prevention.    Episode resource links: https://www.cdc.gov/opioids/overdoseprevention/reverse-od.html https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/deaths/index.html#:~:text=Drug%20Overdose%20Deaths%20Remain%20High&text=Opioids%E2%80%94mainly%20synthetic%20opioids%20(other,of%20all%20drug%20overdose%20deaths). Bonner, L. (2022). As the opioid epidemic takes a turn for the worse, do we need more potent forms of naloxone?. Pharmacy Today, 28(3), 26. Messmer, S., & Jarret