Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Carly Weeks
Publication Date: April 5, 2024 - 18:37
Team of Ottawa paramedics using Suboxone to respond to overdose calls amid worsening toxic drug crisis
April 5, 2024
A team of specially trained paramedics in Ottawa is trying a novel approach to treat opioid overdoses by bringing an additional medication to emergency calls.Naloxone is widely used by family members, bystanders and health professionals to reverse opioid overdoses. But for all its life-saving benefits, the medication, which counters and blocks the effects of opioids, sends recipients into immediate withdrawal, causing severe side effects. This leaves patients in excruciating pain, unable to contemplate treatment options and prompting them to seek more drugs to ease their withdrawal symptoms.
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