The NYSPA Report: Overdose Prevention Centers Keep Our People Alive

• By: Alan T. Rodríguez Penney, MD Janian Medical Care
• July 19th, 2023
• co-occurring disorders, fentanyl, harm reduction, medication-assisted treatment, naloxone, opioid use disorder, overdose, overdose prevention centers, Summer 2023 Issue, supervised injection sites, syringe service programs
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People with opioid use disorder (OUD) have a high prevalence of a serious mental illness (SMI). Nearly 27% of people with an OUD had a co-occurring SMI (Jones and McCance-Katz 2019), which complicates care when access to dual diagnosis treatment is limited. Overdose deaths have steadily increased...

NY State Department of Health Warns the Public in Central New York About Alarming Increase In Opioid Overdoses

• By: | The Office of The Governor of New York State
• October 7th, 2022
• addiction, Fall 2022 Issue, fentanyl, naloxone, opioid use disorder, overdose, overdose prevention, substance use disorders
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Providers and Public Encouraged to Take Advantage of New Standing Order, Allowing New Yorkers to Get Naloxone Without a Prescription On August 26, 2022, The New York State Department of Health has been made aware of a rapid increase in opioid-related overdoses in the Central New York region....