But now comes a moment of truth for the overdose-reversal medication: Will increased access help to save lives? And more immediately, can everyone who wants to buy naloxone at a pharmacy afford it? In ...
People receiving a double dose of naloxone are no more likely to survive an opioid overdose than people receiving a standard, 4-milligram nasal spray, according to a new study. The new paper, ...
WASHINGTON — Since NARCAN (naloxone) has been approved for over-the-counter sales, people continue to ask us about the medication that can save the life of someone overdosing on opioids. Our VERIFY ...
Two advisory committees to the US Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously to recommend that a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote, naloxone (also called Narcan), be made ...
Naloxone has long been hailed as a life-saving drug in the face of the opioid epidemic. But its capacity to save someone from an overdose can be limited by the potency of the opioid — a person revived ...
Naloxone and Naltrexone sound alike, look alike chemically, and are both used to counter the misuse of opioids. But pharmacologically, they're strikingly different. This is why the two drugs are used ...
The Wake County school board approved Tuesday a new policy outlining how schools can deploy life-saving opioid overdose-reversal medicine. The school board will now seek a way to fund storing naloxone ...
INJURE THEM, YOU COULD FACE PENALTIES. A BILL IS HEADING TO THE STATE HOUSE THAT WOULD ALLOW EMS WORKERS TO LEAVE EXTRA NALOXONE DOSES WITH OVERDOSE SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES. YORK COUNTY ...