Tag: Labor And Delivery Departments
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Doctors cite growing importance of free opioid overdose antidote in hospital labor and delivery departments
With fentanyl leading to increased overdose deaths across Colorado, Naloxone and other drugs designed to reverse such overdoses are becoming essential to have on hand, said Dr. Don Stader, an addiction specialist and emergency physician at Swedish Medical Center. Naloxone should be available to people with substance use disorders just as epinephrine is available to…




