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Intranasal naloxone for life threatening opioid toxicity
  1. A-M Kelly1,
  2. Z Koutsogiannis2
  1. 1Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research and Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Hospital, Australia and The University of Melbourne, Australia
  2. 2Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research and Department of Emergency Medicine, Western Hospital, Australia
  1. Correspondence to:
 Professor A-M Kelly, Joseph Epstein Centre for Emergency Medicine Research, Western Hospital, Private Bag, Footscray 3011, Australia; 
 Anne-Maree.Kelly{at}wh.org.au

https://doi.org/10.1136/emj.19.4.375

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    Heroin overdose is a major cause of death in Western countries. Many lives are saved by the administration of naloxone by emergency department and ambulance staff. In Australia, there have recently been calls by drug and alcohol dependence agencies and coroners for the extension of this treatment to other emergency service and community workers. Parenteral administration of naloxone however has some problems. It entails administration by …

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