TY - JOUR T1 - BET 3 TRAINING AND PRESCRIPTION OF NALOXONE FOR PERSONAL USE IN OVERDOSE FOR OPIATE ADDICTS JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 688 LP - 689 DO - 10.1136/emj.2008.065698 VL - 25 IS - 10 A2 - , Y1 - 2008/10/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/25/10/688.abstract N2 - Report by: Jenifer Barrie, Medical StudentSearch checked by: Kevin Mackway-Jones, ConsultantInstitution: Manchester Royal Infirmary, Manchester, UKA short-cut review was carried out to establish whether the training of intravenous drug users in the use of naloxone and the prescription of that drug to those users reduces mortality from opiate overdose. A total of 87 papers was found using the reported searches, of which three presented the best evidence to answer the clinical question. The author, date and country of publication, patient group studied, study type, relevant outcomes, results and study weaknesses of these best papers … ER -