Opioid Overdose: Naloxone Is Only Half the Battle

Lewis S. Nelson, MD, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, discusses the key components of treating opioid overdose and opioid use disorder in the emergency department and beyond.

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Lewis S. Nelson, MD, is professor of Emergency Medicine and chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, director of the Division of Medical Toxicology, and chief of service in the Emergency Department at University Hospital in Newark, NJ.