“Once I’d done it once it was like writing your name”: Lived experience of take-home naloxone administration by people who inject drugs

The supply of naloxone, the opioid antagonist, for peer administration ( ‘take-home naloxone’ (THN)) has been promoted as a means of preventing opioid-related deaths for over 20 years. Despite this, little is known about PWID experiences of take-home naloxone administration. The aim of this study was to advance the evidence base on THN by producing one of the first e xaminations of the lived-experience of THN use among PWID.

Source: International Journal of Drug Policy - May 23, 2018 Category: Addiction Authors: Andrew McAuley, Alison Munro, Avril Taylor Tags: Research Paper Source Type: research