Darke Co. General Health District offers free Narcan for some opioid users

DARKE COUNTY — The Darke County General Health District is offering free Narcan for certain residents.

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The Darke County General Health District posted on Facebook that the department will distribute free Narcan for certain opioid users.

To qualify, the department gave the following guidelines:

• Previous opioid intoxication or overdose.
• History of nonmedical opioid use.
• Initiation or cessation of methadone or buprenorphine.
• High opioid prescription.

Opioid users who meet the guidelines must also be receiving any opioid prescription plus one of the following:

• Rotated from one opioid to another because of possible incomplete cross-tolerance.
• Smoking, COPD, emphysema, asthma, sleep apnea, respiratory infection, or other respiratory illness.
• Renal dysfunction, hepatic disease, cardiac illness, or HIV/AIDS.
• Concurrent alcohol use.
• Concurrent benzodiazepine or other sedative prescription.
• Concurrent antidepressant prescription.
• Patients who may have difficulty accessing emergency medical services (distance, remoteness).

A voluntary request from a family member, friend, peace officer, or other person in a position to assist an individual who there is reason to believe is at risk of experiencing an opioid-related overdose can also be made.

Those interested in the free Narcan distribution and who meet the guidelines can contact the department at 937-548-4196 ext. 235.

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