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Naloxone (Narcan®) is a safe medication that can save someone’s life by reversing the effects of an opioid overdose. It only works on opioids, such as heroin, prescription painkillers and fentanyl, but it is safe to use even if opioids are not present. If you are worried you or someone you know may be at risk of an opioid overdose, naloxone is available to you.
You can find information on how to use naloxone by reading the information included in the naloxone packaging, or visiting any of the following Health Department resources:
Naloxone
Illinois has joined a group of other states in offering a statewide standing order with accompanying opioid overdose educational resources for naloxone to all pharmacists and opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) programs. The statewide standing order allows pharmacists and naloxone training programs in Illinois to provide naloxone without a direct prescription to individuals at risk of an opioid overdose, as well as their family and friends and to others who may assist an individual suffering opioid-related overdose.
Solving the opioid crisis is going to take a comprehensive strategy that emphasizes prevention, treatment and recovery, and response, and involves multiple and interdisciplinary sectors.
Learn more about naloxone and its role in addressing the opioid epidemic in this section and in our main opioids web page.
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What is Naloxone?
Naloxone (Narcan®, Evzio®) is a prescription medication that can block or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Anyone can easily use naloxone to save the life of someone overdosing on opioids, including heroin or prescription medicines like OxyContin® or Percocet®.
Illinois Naloxone Standardized Procedure
The Illinois Naloxone Standardized Procedure is approved by the Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, the Department of Public Health, and the Department of Human Services to provide guidance on the response to suspected opioid overdose and the administration of naloxone. This document updates the previous “Naloxone Standardized Procedures” issued in 2015.
Illinois Naloxone Standing Order
The Naloxone Standing Order allows eligible entities, namely pharmacies and opioid overdose education and naloxone distribution (OEND) programs to provide naloxone to any requesting person with the intent to respond to a suspected opioid overdose without a direct prescription. With this standing order, insurers, such as Medicaid and Medicare, can be billed. Eligible entities must complete approved training and education on naloxone administration to access the order.
Pharmacies utilizing the order should report naloxone dispensing information to the Illinois Prescription Monitoring Program. Pharmacists must complete approved training and education on naloxone administration to access the order. Links for example training videos for pharmacists can be found under RESOURCES.
OEND programs utilizing the order must be enrolled with the Department of Human Services, Substance Use Prevention and Recovery Program.
SEE THE ILLINOIS NALOXONE STANDARDIZED PROCEDURE AND SAMPLE OF THE ILLINOIS NALOXONE STANDING ORDER
FAQ ABOUT THE ILLINOIS NALOXONE STANDING ORDER
Patient Guide on How to Use Naloxone
Get the Signed Naloxone Standing Order
Resources
Prevention Training Utilizing the Illinois Naloxone Standing Order
Illinois Naloxone Standardized Procedure and sample of the unsigned Illinois Naloxone Standing Order
Training for Pharmacists
Illinois Naloxone Standing Order: Overview for Pharmacies Webinar
Naloxone Overview and Patient Counseling
Instructional Videos for Administration of Naloxone
Illinois State Opioid Antagonist Training
For information on how to report naloxone dispensing to the IL PMP contact:
Prescription Monitoring
401 North Fourth Street
Springfield, IL 62702
Fax: (217) 557-7975
Phone: (217) 524-1311
More information for Pharmacists
For Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution (OEND) Programs
To register your OEND with the Illinois Department of Human Services, Substance Use Prevention and Recovery Drug Overdose Prevention Program contact:
IDHS/SUPR Drug Overdose Prevention Program
DHS.DOPP.coordinator@illinois.gov
For Patients
Prescribe to Prevent Patient Education Videos
Other Resources
Our Foundation has been established as Zach’s legacy. We want him to be remembered. Our hope is to connect with families and communities struggling with addiction and provide support in many shapes and forms.
SAMHSA- Harm Reduction Framework
(Federal Policy)
-SAMHSA defines harm reduction as a practical and transformative approach that incorporates community-driven public health strategies — including prevention, risk reduction, and health promotion — to empower PWUD and their families with the choice to live healthier, self-directed, and purpose-filled lives. Harm reduction centers the lived and living experience of PWUD, especially those in underserved communities, in these strategies and the practices that flow from them.
Getting treatment for problem drinking without giving up alcohol
-An article highlighting decreased alcohol with the help of therapeutic communication
What is HarmReduction? (HRTC)
-Short video; intro Harm Reduction
Stigma and language
-pubmed article explaining how language effects stigma
Stop talking ‘dirty’
-Clinicians and their language; Journal of Medicine
The Rise and Fall of the DARE program
-explains the dichotomy of the DARE program;…”There were clear, inherent problems with setting up cops as drug experts and educators, preaching abstinence-only and expanding the War on Drugs into the classroom.”
Vermont’s Safe Consumption Sites Gets Approved
Housing is Healthcare; Portland Hotel Society