NEW JERSEY (FOX 5 NY) – On Tuesday, hundreds of pharmacies from across New Jersey distributed free doses of Narcan, the nasal spray used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. According to state officials, New Jersey had more than … Read More
Delta Air Lines says it will carry Narcan, a drug to reverse opioid overdoses, on its planes starting in the fall after a passenger reportedly suffered a fatal overdose on one of its flights earlier this month. “I can’t speak … Read More
COLUMBIA — Dr. Naomi Lauriello is a very busy woman. She spends her days on the second floor of MU Women’s and Children’s Hospital caring for tiny, sick babies. Lauriello is a neonatologist, working in the neonatal intensive care unit. The Missouri Department … Read More
A Sonoma County deputy used the drug Narcan to save an overdosing 40-year-old arrestee’s life in the Graton Casino parking lot on the morning of July 11. A deputy was checking out a suspicious white Toyota Corolla, and after he … Read More
When Gundersen Tri-State Ambulance is dispatched to a call, the first responders have many tools at their disposal. One of their biggest is Narcan, the opioid overdose reversal drug. “An opioid drug wants to bind to opioid receptors and the … Read More
It’s an unforeseen side effect of the nation’s opioid epidemic: adolescent heroin users. A USC study in the July 8 issue of JAMA Pediatrics shows that teens who use prescription opioids to get high are more likely to start using heroin by … Read More
After three years of declining figures, an upswing appears to have happened in the number of Indiana Countians who are dying of drug overdoses, at least through the first half of this year. “The total I have as of this … Read More
GREENVILLE, S.C. — A simple nasal spray could quickly save a life. That’s why folks at the Phoenix Center in Greenville, South Carolina are giving out Naloxone HCI — commonly delivered via the Narcan device. “The community definitely needs it; … Read More
Members of the 1,000 plus strong Facebook group gathered on St. Pete Beach to celebrate and honor their families and one another. ST. PETE BEACH, Fla — According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an average of 46 … Read More
BOISE — Albertsons locations in Boise are the first in Idaho to train pharmacy technicians to prescribe naloxone, the drug which can reverse the effects of opioids and stop an overdose from occurring in a matter of minutes. The new … Read More
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