Cuyahoga County to receive nearly 3,500 doses of naloxone to fight overdoses in statewide initiative
Recovery Ohio
and last updated 2021-05-10 13:34:52-04
CLEVELAND â In an attempted to combat overdoses across Ohio, tens of thousands of naloxone doses are being rapidly deployed in areas of the state facing the highest morbidity and mortality rates from unintentional opioid overdoesâand Cuyahoga County will receive the most.
Around 60,000 doses of the life-saving overdose reversal drug naloxone will be deployed to zip codes in 23 counties across the state. The allocation is based on overdose deaths and overdose-related emergency department visits in each area weighted to the population of that area.
Drug overdoses killed more Ohioans in 2020 than in at least the previous 14 years, a grim milestone likely made possible by the pandemic.
At least 5,001 Ohioans died of overdoses last year, according to a Dispatch analysis of mortality data from the Ohio Department of Health as of Tuesday. The closest overdose deaths have come to jumping 5,000 was in 2017 when 4,854 were recorded.
About 797 people who lost their lives to a drug overdose in 2020 were Franklin County residents, state data shows. The total number of overdose deaths in 2020 is likely to increase since county coroners have six months to investigate, meaning 2020 overdose deaths could climb further.
State sending 60,000 doses of opioid overdose drug to 23 counties. Here’s why Cuyahoga County is getting among the most.
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A single 4 mg dose of naloxone nasal spray (Narcan) can help reverse the affects of opioids and overdoses. Ohio has purchased 60,000 doses for $2.6 million to distribute in 23 counties.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio – Ohio officials announced this week that about 60,000 doses of naloxone, a medicine that reverses opioid overdoses, are being sent to ZIP codes in 23 counties demonstrating the highest need.
The state’s naloxone blitz aims to ensure communities have more of the medicine for the spring and summer.
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