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Recommendation On Naloxone Education And Distribution, Montgomery County Unintentional Drug Poisoning Coalition

Unintentional Prescription Drug Poisoning Project

Given the overwhelming evidence that naloxone can save lives, coupled with the high medical benefit-to-risk ratio of its use, the Coalition recommends that naloxone education and distribution programs be implemented in Ohio.

Montgomery County Residents Hospital Emergency Department Visits For Accidental Overdose On Selected Drugs, 2007‐2010, Russel S. Falck, Robert G. Carlson, Raminta Daniulaityte, D. Timothy Lane

Unintentional Prescription Drug Poisoning Project

No abstract provided.

2011 Poisoning Death Review Narrative Summary, Center For Interventions, Treatment & Addictions Research

Unintentional Prescription Drug Poisoning Project

There were 130 unintentional drug overdose deaths in Montgomery County in 2011. The designation of unintentional (accident), as compared to intentional (suicide), is made by the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. The Poison Death Review (PDR) is the compilation, presentation, and interpretation of data from multiple data streams within the Montgomery County Coroner’s Office. This is the second year a PDR has been completed for Montgomery County. The first time was in 2010.

Preventing Unintentional Prescription Drug Poisoning Project: 2011 Annual Report, Center For Interventions, Treatment & Addictions Research

Unintentional Prescription Drug Poisoning Project

This narrative addresses the three broad categories of project objectives for 2011:

(1) The maintenance of a Prescription Drug Poisoning Coalition to address the problem of unintentional prescription drug overdose deaths by reviewing relevant data and making recommendations to Public Health – Dayton & Montgomery County (PHDMC) and the Ohio Department of Health (ODH).

(2) The continued development and operation of a Poisoning Death Review (PDR) process focusing on prescription drugs.

(3) The facilitation and conduct of targeted Information, Training, and Educational Activities to help address and prevent prescription drug overdoses.