VA equips 200,000 Veterans with lifesaving naloxone
Summary/Excerpts
The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) program announced that from May 2014 to September 2019, the program issued naloxone — a medication used to block the effects of a potentially fatal opioid overdose — to more than 200,000 Veterans.
VA is a leader in naloxone distribution to health care patients and has documented more than 700 successful opioid overdose reversals resulting from its use.
Key Statistics
Veterans are twice as likely to die from accidental overdose compared to the general U.S. population.
Citation
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. (n.d.). VA equips 200,000 veterans with lifesaving naloxone. Retrieved from https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-equips-200000-veterans-with-lifesaving-naloxone/.