Re: “This medication is a lifeline for first responders and people in crisis” (Feb. 28, Opinion):
Thanks to writer Keith Sharp and first responders who advocate for actual options for folks with opioid use dysfunction. Management on all ranges ought to hearken to employees on the entrance traces. Suboxone is one such instance.
As talked about within the op-ed, medicines like Suboxone “are protected, evidence-based remedies confirmed to help individuals who wish to cut back or cease opioid use.” Thanks for the story of an individual who was in an overdose state of affairs who went on to profitable remedy. That is the place funding is required to come up with the gravity of OUD and its penalties for the particular person, households and communities.
I’m a nurse in Seattle who additionally works with substance use dysfunction sufferers. Societal and funding obstacles prohibit us from transferring ahead, even one particular person at a time. That is what it’s going to take. My hope, as I learn this piece, is that Suboxone can be as simply obtainable as Narcan, together with sturdy help methods for affected folks, front-line employees and communities which have turn out to be numb to the state of affairs.
We should act on this hope.
Teresa Williamson, RN, Lake Forest Park
