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Ohio Study Shows Access To Naloxone Soars Without Rx Requirement

 
• By Eileen Francis

JAMA study finds that removing Rx requirement for naloxone in Ohio resulted in a 2,328% increase in orders of the drug dispensed since 2015. Michael Hufford, CEO of a company working on an OTC switch for a naloxone nasal spray, says the results show urgent need for a low-cost OTC product.

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An Ohio law allowing pharmacists to provide the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone without a prescription led to a 2,328% increase in orders dispensed there, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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