项目的黎明

项目的黎明 is a community-based overdose education and naloxone distribution program. Naloxone (Narcan) is a medication that can reverse an overdose caused by an opioid drug. 通过这个项目, 澳门新葡新京 will provide narcan kits free of charge to individuals who may be at risk of experiencing an overdose.

Those who may benefit from having a kit are:

• Individuals on high doses of opioid pain medication
• Persons who have certain respiratory ailments and receive opioid pain medication
• Those who take opioid prescriptions and benzodiazepines or antidepressants
• 有肾功能不全的人, 肝脏疾病, 心脏疾病, or HIV/AIDS and take opioid prescriptions
• 与毒瘾作斗争的人

澳门新葡新京 is the first hospital in Ohio to participate in this program, which will allow us to provide narcan kits free of charge to community members whose loved ones are battling drug addiction and/or are identified as being at risk of experiencing an overdose.

关于黎明计划

参与者接受以下方面的培训:

• Recognizing the signs and symptoms of an overdose
• Distinguishing between different types of overdose
• 进行抢救呼吸
• 呼叫紧急医疗服务
• 给予鼻内纳洛酮

纳洛酮是什么?

Naloxone (also known as Narcan) is a medication that can reverse an overdose caused by an opioid drug. 当过量服用时, naloxone blocks the effects of opioids on the brain and restores breathing within 2-8 minutes.

Naloxone has been used safely by emergency medical professionals for more than 40 years. It has only one function: to reverse the effects of opioids on the brain and respiratory system in order to prevent death. 纳洛酮没有滥用的可能.

If naloxone is given to a person who is not experiencing an overdose, it is harmless. If it is administered to a person who is dependent on opioids, it will produce withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal, while uncomfortable, is not life-threatening.

Naloxone does not reverse overdoses that are caused by non-opioid drugs, 比如可卡因, 苯二氮卓类(e.g. Xanax, Klonopin and Valium), methamphetamines or alcohol.

常见的阿片类药物

Opioids include both heroin and prescription pain medications. Some common opioid pain medications include: hydrocodone (Lorcet and Vicodin), 羟考酮(扑热息痛等), 长效阿片类药物(奥施康定, Contin女士, 美沙酮)和贴剂(芬太尼). Other brand name opioid pain medications include Opana ER, Avinza and Kadian.

用药过量的迹象

A person who is experiencing an overdose may have the following symptoms:

• Breathing is slow and shallow (less than 10 breaths per minute) or has stopped
• 呕吐
• 脸色苍白，湿漉漉的
• Blue or grayish lips and fingernails
• 脉搏缓慢、不稳定或无脉搏
• 窒息或大声的鼾声
• Will not respond to shaking or sternum rub
• 皮肤可能会变灰、变蓝或变灰白

阿片类药物过量的危险因素

混合药物

Many overdoses occur when people mix heroin or prescription opioids with alcohol, 苯二氮卓类药物或抗抑郁药. Alcohol and benzodiazepines (such as Xanax, Klonopin and Valium) are particularly dangerous because, 像阿片类药物, these substances impact an individual’s ability to breathe.

降低公差

Tolerance is your body’s ability to process a drug. Tolerance changes over time so that you may need more of a drug to feel its effects. 然而, tolerance can decrease rapidly when someone has taken a break from using a substance, whether intentionally (in treatment) or unintentionally (in jail or the hospital). Taking opioids after a period of not using can increase the risk of a fatal overdose.

健康问题

Your physical health impacts your body’s ability to manage opioids. Since opioids can impair your ability to breathe, you are at a higher risk for an overdose if you have asthma or other breathing problems. Individuals with liver or kidney disease, 或功能障碍, heart disease or HIV/AIDS are also at an increased risk of an overdose.

以前的过量

A person who has experienced an overdose in the past has an increased risk of a fatal overdose in the future.

如何获得纳洛酮

• Pick up a Narcan kit at your local pharmacy, which can be billed under your insurance (no prescription needed)
• 在黎明计划的任何地点
• 社区分发活动