Combining Naloxone With Opioid Therapy Reduces Visits to Emergency Rooms
A new research study shows that combining naloxone with opioid therapy can lower the number of visits that a patient on this medication makes to the emergency room. The study involved close to 2,000 patients, and slightly more than 38% of these patients were co …
Read More →Should Naloxone Require a Prescription?
In the USA CVS pharmacies have announced plans to offer naloxone without a prescription in some states. This is an opioid overdose drug that has saved thousands of people from an overdose death in the United States alone. Many police officer and first responders are …
Read More →Naloxone Reverses Heroin Overdose But is Not Readily Available to Those at Risk
Naloxone is a drug which is used to help reverse heroin overdose effects in the body, but this drug is usually only available in medical settings like an emergency room or on first responder vehicles. In many areas of the USA and Canada there is …
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