Maybe this is pedantic? But it’s kinda disingenuous to say, “You can’t self-administer naloxone when you need it.”
1. No mode of consuming opioids has immediate bioavailability
2. Nlx has a 60-90 minute half life
I don’t know what the better language to describe this would be,
@michael
At the last training I went to the instructor talked about what the symptoms of too much opioids feels like in the hope some might administer nlx to themselves.
Two peers talked about giving nlx to themselves after that.
I'll try and document it and post a new video next time the training happens
In the meantime here's a 1 minute portion of a proposal for a documentary that I'm applying for funding to do.
Like share yadda yadda
@michael
Yeah,
there's a pamphlet going around, about never using alone (https://neverusealone.com/) and now at least two apps. One that can even monitor your vitals for you.
The hard part is for the peers that need lower barrier access to services. Like even yesterday another person died in the shelter due to prohibition type rules at the shelters.
*sigh* - thanks for the yt boost / im sorry i am doing a documentary on this. I wish we lived in a world where ppl didnt have to fight to exist
@michael
There's also the problem of (if my memory serves me well) that the symptoms they were taking about sounded similar to what smashing morphine xr is. So it definitely presents an additional challenge..
Also now even tho sometimes we're reversing the opioids, the other stuff is preventing people from coming back (benzos) and also xylazine had a similar side effect, so folks who are trying to get unsick are not going to nlx and risk losing their medicine/fix
@karenm oof; ya, that sounds like a mess 😓
I do really like the advice in here about safer solo use, though. (And there’s another paper from this same project that has some ideas on gathering & sharing local knowledge from people who use alone)
https://www.vitalstrategies.org/resources/a-guide-for-people-who-use-drugs-by-people-who-use-drugs/