HealthDay (10/22, Solomon) reports a study found that “among survivors of drug overdose, fewer than half visited the emergency department.” The researchers “examined service use following a nonfatal overdose (NFOD).” They found that “25.7 percent of participants had experienced at least one NFOD in the prior year. During the most recent NFOD, use of naloxone was reported by 82.1 percent of survivors, while calls to 911 were reported by 61.3 percent and visits to the emergency department were reported by 47.0 percent.” Researchers highlighted the “most common reasons cited for not calling 911 were that the person regained consciousness without naloxone (28.6 percent) or that a bystander administered naloxone (26.8 percent). Of those going to the emergency department, most (61.5 percent) received take-home naloxone in the hospital, while fewer reported receiving buprenorphine (21.9 percent) or methadone (16.2 percent) before discharge.” The study was published in JAMA Network Open.
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— “Fewer Than Half of Drug Overdose Survivors Go to the Hospital,”Lori Solomon, HealthDay, October 22, 2025