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Micke Brown, BSN, RN wrote a new post 10 years ago
Mid November 2014, I received a Maryland State Health Alert from our Secretary of Health & Mental Hygiene, Joshua M. Sharfstein, MD titled, Prescribe Naloxone and Save Lives: An Alert for Maryland Clinicians. The […]
This is a very important blog for all people living with pain who are prescribed opioids. A couple months ago I attended a pain event where the speaker demonstrated how easy and quickly this medication can be administered. He spoke about how you can get an empty injector so you and your family or friends can practice the correct way to administer. So there is no guessing if the need should arise.
To answer your question this gives me comfort and does not cause alarm because I do not use illegal drugs or abuse pain medications. Having this in the house would give me comfort knowing that in the event something did happen it was there.
Some medications interact with heat and can cause the medication to be absorbed too quickly and can cause overdose. I am sure there are many opioids that have interactions like this and even though we try very hard to be very careful and do exactly what we need to do to stay safe, things can and do happen.
The FAQ you provided is also a wonderful tool.
I will be talking to my healthcare provider about this and hope that all people living with pain has the same conversation with their healthcare providers.
I live in NY and work in healthcare , police near me now carry narcan as overdoses happen often and they can quickly help before ambulance arrives. I like the fact that the state of yours is proactive in prevention – good for them!