What Parents Should Know About Naloxone, a Medication That Reverses Opioid Poisoning or Overdose

JAMA Pediatr. 2024 Nov 25. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.4419. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Barbara H Chaiyachati^{1

2}, Rachel E Linstead³, Lindsay A Thompson⁴

Affiliations

¹ PolicyLab, Clinical Futures, Division of General Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Department of Pediatrics, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia.
³ Poison Control Center, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
⁴ Department of Pediatrics, Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

PMID: 39585663
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2024.4419

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Plain language summary

This JAMA Pediatrics Patient Page describes naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid poisoning or overdose.