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Tabitha Mclamb English 111 Research paper outline Due date: 4/02/20

Handing out Narcan Like Candy

Naloxone (Narcan) is being given out to people who regularly overdose from opioids to keep them from coming into Emergency rooms once they overdose.

They are giving prescriptions out or they are giving Narcan kits out for the people that can’t afford the prescriptions. This is so if they overdose someone that is with them can administer the Narcan to bring the victim back.

Hospitals all over the United states are given prescriptions to patient who overdoes on opioids and has been to the emergency room frequently.

Hospitals given out Narcan to patients to cut down on the cost they are having to pay out

A. Cost saving

Most patients that overdoes do not have proper health insurance to pay the bill and they are not finically stable enough to pay. Therefore, the bill goes to collections and never gets paid.

They are handing out Narcan kits that they have put together to combat the cost of them coming back in. It’s cheaper than the patient that overdosed coming back in repetitively.

B. Handing out mental health information

1. Most hospitals will hand out mental health pamphlets of rehabilitation centers. However, there is no guarantee that the patient will go to these and get the help that they need.

They do not allow patients that want help to come in and help them find placement in one of these facilities.

C. Teaching the loved ones

1. Hospitals are teaching the victim how to administer the Narcan. Also, they are telling them on what to look out for after an overdose. Patients can’t administer Narcan to themselves because they are usually unconscious.

They also are bringing loved ones or friends to teach them how to use these medications and how to know if they have overdosed. Most of the time this tears families apart.

You need more help than just Narcan

A. Medical

1. You need to make sure that when you overdose that you didn’t injure anything or cause damage.

You may have slowed your breathing rate so much from the opioids that you code, which is essentially die, this would require medical attention right away.

When Narcan is administered people wake up angry. It’s the body and brain natural responds to being brought out of the state that its in so fast. People tend to get hurt either the victim or the person who gave the Narcan.

B. Mental health

1. You need to be able to go to a rehabilitation facility. So that you can recover and get your life back. You can get resources on how to do that from the hospital.

You may have underlining mental health problems that you can get help with if you go to the hospital.

Addicts are being enabled

A. Enabling

1. Since they have Narcan in their procession they are going to continue to use knowing they have a safety net.

Its thrill seeking to see how far they can push it until their body can’t take anymore

B. Selling

1. People that have been given Narcan prescriptions can turn around and sell the medications for money to other people that overdose. Causing the cycle to repeat.

People that get their prescriptions for drug dealers can then purchases Narcan from them as well are an increased price.

C. Psychology

1. It can’t save people that are already way passed the point of no return. It only pushes them farther away.

Narcan good or bad?

A. Hospitals are given these prescriptions out without looking at the whole picture of the person just to try to save them some time.

B. Narcan is a very good medication for medical staff to have to save someone’s life that has overdosed. However, when we start giving this medication out to everyone that has had a single overdose, we are enabling them to do it as much as they want. Hospitals are exploiting people to try to save money instead of losing money on these patients with no insurance. Once you overdose you need more help then just Narcan such as medical help and mental health.