As the overdose crisis has deepened, so has the demand for naloxone in California — and the pinch is being felt by community groups. The CA Department of Health Care Services estimated that wait times for the medication were averaging 4 to 6 weeks.
The state and L.A. County have worked hard to make Naloxone more widely available. One of the hurdles, though, has been the price of the inhalable version, Narcan.“you have to pay $47,000,” he estimated. “It’s cutting into other areas of your program.”in the United States, and roughly 80,000 of those deaths are tied to opioids, according to the most recent data from the National Center for Health Statistics.
“It’s a super valuable program,” Krzywicki said. “I don’t think the problem is with the program. I think that they just need more support.” DHCS stressed that the program is not the only source in California for naloxone and that purchases have also been funded by grants and opioid settlement money at the local level.
In San Diego County, Nathan Smiddy distributes Narcan with the nonprofit Humanity Showers. He said his organization has applied for the maximum amount of Narcan allowed under the caps because “it goes as fast as you can give it.” He wants to give it out freely, since “it’s better to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.”
In addition to growing demand for naloxone, production problems squeezed the available supplies earlier in the pandemic. Last year, Pfizerof its single-dose injectable version of naloxone, citing manufacturing issues. Pfizer had been providing the injectable medicine at a discount to Remedy Alliance, which connects harm reduction programs across the country to affordable naloxone.
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