U.S. college students can recognize signs of an opioid overdose and want to help when they witness one. But many do not know how to reverse an overdose with the drug naloxone.
Among surveyed undergraduate and graduate students, 62 percent could identify at least one symptom of an opioid overdose and 67 percent were comfortable with calling emergency services in the event of an overdose. But there was less awareness of naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversal drug: 30 percent knew what naloxone was used for, while 14 percent knew how to administer it, researchers report April 22 in JAMA Pediatrics.
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