Friday, August 28, 2020

Urban Institute: Medicaid naloxone prescriptions rose dramatically in last decade

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Medicaid prescriptions for opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone have increased dramatically over the last decade, a new analysis shows. Medicaid covered 3,328 naloxone prescriptions in 2010, a number that rose 71-fold to reach 236,388 in 2018, according to a new report from the Urban Institute. Generic naloxone products made up 99% of prescriptions in 2010, but just 11% in 2018.

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