Naloxone coprescription in U.S. ambulatory care centers and emergency departments.

Objectives: The rise in both drug overdoses and deaths owing to opioids has been increasing for at least 2 decades in the United States. Naloxone-prescribing programs have been in use since the mid-2000s with a guideline to manage their use being published in 2012. This study seeks to determine the national prevalence of naloxone coprescribing within U.