{"title":"Researchers find limited uptake on OTC naloxone","authors":"Alison Knopf","doi":"10.1002/adaw.34674","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone more than two years ago, but uptake has been limited, according to research published online September 15 in <i>JAMA Internal Medicine</i>. The research, from RAND, found that the peak in sales was immediately after approval, and decreased rapidly through August of 2024 when it stabilized. The purpose of the approval was to make the opioid reversal drug more accessible.</p>","PeriodicalId":100073,"journal":{"name":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","volume":"37 38","pages":"7-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2025-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Alcoholism & Drug Abuse Weekly","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adaw.34674","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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The Food and Drug Administration approved over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone more than two years ago, but uptake has been limited, according to research published online September 15 in JAMA Internal Medicine. The research, from RAND, found that the peak in sales was immediately after approval, and decreased rapidly through August of 2024 when it stabilized. The purpose of the approval was to make the opioid reversal drug more accessible.