Naloxone distribution

Figure: Naloxone doses distributed, by month and distributor, Sudbury and Manitoulin districts, 2018–2024

A graph showing the total number of doses of Naloxone distributed by Réseau ACCESS Network, Public health and its community partners in each month from January 2018 until August 2024, as well as the number distributed by local pharmacies. The pharmacy data are not yet available for recent months. The counts for individual months are provided in two tables, below. The rolling 3-month average for each count are shown trendlines. There is a very significant upward trend in doses distributed by Réseau ACCESS Network, Public Health and its community partners, from an average of 500 doses per month in December 2018 to 1000 doses in June 2020 to over 2500 doses in August 2021. Following a 6-month decrease in the trend to 1500 doses per month in February 2022, it increases again reach a peak of about 3000 doses per month in October 2023. There number of doses distributed by local pharmacies is much lower, ranging between 500 to 800 doses per month on average since 2018. The number of doses distributed was slightly higher in 2021 and 2023 than in other years.

Table: Naloxone doses distributed by Réseau ACCESS Network, Public Health and community partners (excluding pharmacies), by month, Sudbury and Manitoulin districts, 2018–2024

Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
January	170	571	790	851	1228	1958	2202
February	170	667	601	1898	1283	1763	1652
March	170	955	1046	2363	1979	1859	2558
April	215	832	873	1668	1333	2004	2456
May	417	878	943	2243	1697	2262	2618
June	758	881	1073	2618	1961	2468	2738
July	696	817	1416	2762	2256	2848	3252
August	549	935	1215	2624	1762	2886	4042
September	813	842	2186	2340	1936	3018	-
October	418	797	1630	2120	1680	3178	-
November	477	760	1833	1565	2250	1968	-
December	501	1012	1832	1876	2192	2070	-
TOTAL	5354	9947	15 438	24 928	21 557	28 282	21 518

Table: Naloxone doses distributed by pharmacies, by month, Sudbury and Manitoulin districts, 2018–2024

Month	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
January	228	504	534	612	480	568	706
February	252	362	482	592	564	726	-
March	312	492	428	706	566	1062	-
April	424	538	880	640	574	520	-
May	442	680	474	584	896	708	-
June	734	594	446	752	442	758	-
July	428	580	486	556	456	720	-
August	498	678	522	712	528	1014	-
September	396	538	570	748	542	818	-
October	462	490	728	738	300	442	-
November	422	554	724	998	374	538	-
December	440	528	708	676	564	516	-
TOTAL	5038	6538	6982	8314	6286	8390	706

Note:

Counts, especially those from recent months, are preliminary and subject to change.
Pharmacy data are not yet available for recent months.
Data on counts of doses distributed by the Réseau ACCESS Network were only available by quarter from January 2018 to June 2019. These quarterly counts are assumed here to have been distributed equally in across the 3 months comprising each quarter in that period.

Sources: 1) Public Health Sudbury & Districts naloxone distribution program data [unpublished], accessed September 17, 2024, 2) Réseau ACCESS Network naloxone distribution program data [unpublished], accessed September 17, 2024, 3) Ontario Naloxone Program for Pharmacies data, Ministry of Health, received April 8, 2024.

This item was last modified on October 15, 2024