2026-10-21 ブラウン大学

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- https://www.brown.edu/news/2026-10-21/naloxone-overdose-deaths-trend
- https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/article-abstract/2855685
非致死性薬物過剰摂取とナロキソン使用
Nonfatal Drug Overdoses and Naloxone Use
David T. Zhu, BSc; J. Travis Donahoe, PhD, MPH; Michael L. Barnett, MD, MS
Journal of the American Medical Association Published:October 21, 2026
DOI:10.1001/jama.2026.20406
After more than 3 decades of increases, US opioid overdose deaths began declining sharply in May 2023.1,2 Identifying what factors may have driven this unprecedented decline is important for informing public health responses. One potential factor is increased naloxone use.1 Naloxone is a critical, lifesaving medication that reverses opioid-induced respiratory depression, and access has expanded through state prescribing policies,3,4 community distribution programs, opioid settlement funding,5 and the US Food and Drug Administration’s over-the-counter approval of intranasal naloxone in 2023.6 Prior research also found that layperson-administered naloxone use increased 44% from 2020 to 2022.7 However, whether naloxone use continued to expand and contributed to recent overdose trends remains unknown. We therefore used national emergency medical service (EMS) data to examine temporal changes in nonfatal overdoses and naloxone administrations by EMS clinicians and laypersons relative to the national peak in overdose deaths.

