Naloxone receipt and overdose prevention care among people with HIV on chronic opioid therapy

AIDS. 2021 Mar 15;35(4):697-700. doi: 10.1097/QAD.0000000000002803.

Abstract

This cross-sectional study describes naloxone rescue kit receipt among people with HIV (PWH) on chronic opioid therapy (COT) and HIV clinician opioid overdose prevention care in two clinics between 2015 and 2017. Naloxone rescue kit receipt was uncommon. History of overdose was associated with receiving naloxone but having a clinician who reported providing overdose prevention care was not. This study suggests that clinicians prescribing COT to PWH should improve overdose prevention care, including naloxone co-prescribing.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Cross-Sectional Studies
  • Drug Overdose* / drug therapy
  • Drug Overdose* / prevention & control
  • HIV Infections* / drug therapy
  • Humans
  • Naloxone / therapeutic use
  • Narcotic Antagonists / therapeutic use
  • Opioid-Related Disorders* / complications

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Narcotic Antagonists
  • Naloxone