Production issues with Pfizer’s injectable version of naloxone, a lifesaving overdose reversal drug, has caused a shortage of the drug, affecting healthcare providers across the country, The Boston ...
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Medically reviewed by Lindsay Cook, PharmD Key Takeaways Naloxone is a fast-acting drug used to reverse opioid ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold ...
In the event of an opioid overdose, naloxone can restore normal breath to a person whose breathing has slowed or stopped — potentially saving a life, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Every 11 minutes someone in America dies from an opioid overdose. But there is a solution, public health officials say: Carry naloxone, even if you don’t think you know anyone who uses opioids.
The FDA approved the first nalmefene hydrochloride auto-injector (Zurnai) for use as an emergency treatment for opioid overdose in adults and children 12 years of age and older, the agency announced ...
The U.S. Surgeon General issued a rare national advisory Thursday urging more Americans to carry naloxone, a drug used to revive people overdosing on opioids. Naloxone is a medication designed to ...
A new study found that almost all plans in 40 states and Washington, DC covered at least one form of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone, although certain restrictions and quantity limits may ...
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The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted final approval for the first generic naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray (Narcan, Teva Pharmaceuticals) that can stop or reverse the effects of an ...
From training thousands of students how to use injectable naloxone, Chloe Goodison has seen how daunting it can be for them to administer — even just when practising. Students express worries that ...
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