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Call for public access to overdose treatment [AU]
    #13400043 - 10/28/10 10:32 AM (13 years, 6 months ago)

Call for public access to overdose treatment
October 25, 2010 - Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Groups dealing with narcotics users and their families are pushing for greater public access to a drug that can reverse overdoses.

Naloxone is a drug that reverses overdoses of opiates like heroin, methadone or oxycodone.

A conference in Melbourne today will hear that hundreds of people in Chicago have saved lives by administering the medication, which only medical professionals are allowed to access in Australia.

Dr Sarz Maxwell, who runs a needle exchange program in Chicago, says one of her biggest achievements is handing out naloxone to drug users and their families.

"Most doctors really can't say 'I've saved hundreds of lives'," she said.

"But with this program, it's one of the most rewarding things I've done professionally in my life."

Dr Maxwell says that in the past 11 years her organisation has handed out about 15,000 doses.

She says they have heard 1,500 success stories and insists there are no drawbacks.

"The only thing that could go wrong is if someone is overdosing on more than one drug, then it may not work. They may still die," she said.

"Naloxone is ridiculously safe. You can give it to newborn babies as a just in case."

Dr Maxwell says the drug is also available to the public in several other American states, as well as Europe, Asia and Africa.

'Peace of mind'

In Australia, it is only used by doctors and paramedics, but the Anex drug harm minimisation group wants to change that.

Anex chief executive John Ryan says naloxone is simple to use.

"Families would have peace of mind if they knew that [they] had naloxone to reduce the risk of fatal overdose, also reduce the risk of permanent brain damage from overdose," he said.

"It's a harmless drug - unless you are overdosing, it has no effect."

But the Australian Medical Association says there are risks involved in administering naloxone.

Federal vice-president Steve Hambleton says he would want people to be highly trained before using it.

"Unfortunately it can actually precipitate an urgent and acute withdrawal syndrome there and then in front of you," he said.

"That can make a person feel very, very unpleasant and very, very unhappy, even though you have just saved their life."

He says users can become violent.

"The other problem is some of the narcotics, some of these dangerous drugs, heroin and methadone that people get hold of, have got a long half-life.

"The naloxone has about a four-hour half life so you need to keep observing the person because the effects of the reversal can wear off and they can become well overdosed again."

The Anex organisation says someone dies everyday from an overdose in Australia.


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Re: Call for public access to overdose treatment [AU] [Re: Green_T]
    #13401759 - 10/28/10 03:57 PM (13 years, 6 months ago)

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Unfortunately it can actually precipitate an urgent and acute withdrawal syndrome there and then in front of you," he said.

"That can make a person feel very, very unpleasant and very, very unhappy, even though you have just saved their life."

He says users can become violent.




Right, so better they die than maybe wake up and get pissed off. They're pissed off everyday anyhow trying to get drugs so they don't withdraw. Has this guy been giving drugs to them? I'd tend to think not. So how bout he not pretend he cares about users withdrawing.
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"The other problem is some of the narcotics, some of these dangerous drugs, heroin and methadone that people get hold of, have got a long half-life.

"The naloxone has about a four-hour half life so you need to keep observing the person because the effects of the reversal can wear off and they can become well overdosed again."




Uh heroin does not have a long half life. Methadone does, bup does but can't really kill you. These people are incompetent.

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