Medications
Opioid OD rescue drug Narcan will reach drug store shelves next week
Narcan, a lifesaving medication that reverses opioid overdose, will be available on U.S. drugstore shelves and online starting next week.
Aug 30, 2023
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Medications
Lifesaver or distraction? Police split on anti-overdose drug
The sheriff of Clermont County firmly believes it's a call of duty for his deputies to carry a nasal spray that brings people back from the brink of death by drug overdose. Less than 50 miles away, his counterpart in Butler ...
Dec 18, 2017
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Addiction
New guidance on take-home naloxone for community overdose responders
New guidance aimed at helping standardize community overdose response and take-home naloxone kits across Canada has been published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). The guidance is an important document to optimize ...
Aug 28, 2023
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Medications
Untrained bystanders can administer drone-delivered naloxone, potentially saving lives of opioid overdose victims
An onlooker—even one without prior training—can successfully administer naloxone to an overdose victim within about a minute of a drone delivering the lifesaving opioid reversal agent. That's the key finding of my team's ...
Jan 23, 2024
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Addiction
Analysis finds racial inequities in naloxone administration during fatal overdoses
Pennsylvania has been disproportionately affected by the opioid epidemic, having the fourth highest number of overdose deaths in the country in 2020. Also, the rate of overdose deaths among Black persons is significantly ...
May 29, 2024
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Health
Lawmaker wants California workplaces to put naloxone in first-aid kits
A new bill would require California workplaces to stock their first-aid kids with a nasal spray that can prevent opioid overdoses, greatly expanding the range of locations that have the lifesaving medication on hand.
Feb 1, 2024
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Addiction
Policy changes to pharmacy-based naloxone provision significantly increased uptake among high-risk individuals
Pharmacy-based naloxone dispensing increased in Ontario—particularly among individuals at a high risk of accidental opioid overdose—following changes to the Ontario Naloxone Program for Pharmacies (ONPP), suggests a new ...
Dec 3, 2020
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Addiction
Researchers identify an economic solution to Canada's opioid crisis
Nasal-administered naloxone is more cost-effective and could help reduce the number of opioid-related fatalities compared to the current publicly funded intermuscular version, a new study has found. The study, "An economic ...
Apr 8, 2024
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Addiction
Biden administration calls for greater access to overdose antidote
The White House on Wednesday launched a nationwide call for more training and better access to the lifesaving opioid overdose drug naloxone.
Mar 13, 2024
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Medications
New York police to receive heroin antidote kits
Thousands of New York City police are to be equipped with heroin antidote kits to address a surge in overdoses from the drug, city officials said Tuesday.
May 28, 2014
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