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Journal of Psychology and Cognition | Volume 4

May 13-14, 2019 | Prague, Czech Republic

Addiction Research and Therapy

International Conference on

J Psychol Cognition, Volume 4

Barriers to Naloxone access even though it is legal without prescription it still

elusive

Ella Bannister

Alabama Harm Reduction Coalition, USA

aloxone (narcan) is an opioid antagonist that can reverse

anopioidoverdose.Naloxoneaccessvariesfromstate-to-

state (government-to-government). Naloxone prescriptions

dispensed from retail pharmacies increase nearly 12-fold

between the fourth quarter of 2013 and the second quarter

of 2015. Many states have passed laws to broaden the

availability of been Lots on for users, friends, family, and

other potential witnesses of overdose. However, some states

even though they have passed naloxone laws those laws

remain extremely restrictive / prohibitive when it comes to

distributing to lay individuals within the communities. Some

states allow no access to Community-Based Organizations

that can secure funding to bolster the amount of Narcan

available for circulation to community members. Also,

cost remains prohibitively expensive. Managed healthcare

insurers only allow for one dose coverage per month at the

$40 copay, thereafter; the consumer cost Rises to $350 per

dose on the second dose and even higher after that dose. It is

also worth noting that insurance coverage will only allow the

co-pay process for the individual and active use not the other

potential by standards. Community-Based Organizations

access to special pricing to lower this cost exponentially and

then turn save lives in all socioeconomic groups. Let's discuss

barriers to want to walk home from policy to access. As well

as, how we can be part of the solution.