NYSAM Targets Prescription Drug Abuse and Opioid-Related Deaths

In 2009, NYSAM worked with the New York State Department of Health and the Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services to develop guidelines for the management of patients with opioid overdose who present to emergency departments. These guidelines have been distributed to emergency department Medical and Nursing Directors state-wide, but these departments are unlikely to act on such recommendations without additional assistance.

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