Tag: naloxone
Surgeon General Wants Americans to Carry Naloxone
The United States Surgeon General, Jerome Adams, MD, has urged Americans to carry naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal medication, in order to protect themselves...
Nine Santa Barbara Students Treated for Opioid Overdose
Nine Santa Barbara students were treated for opioid overdose after each of them ingested what authorities have identified as prescription opioids while attending a...
Indiana Provides Opioid Overdose Kits Across State
The Indiana State Department of Health is distributing opioid overdose kits to 34 counties across the state. The kits will be given to emergency...
Bronx Teacher Killed by Fentanyl Overdose
According to investigators, a special education teacher who was found dead in a school bathroom in November died from a fatal fentanyl overdose.
Toxicology reports...
AMA Opioid Task Force updates recommendations for naloxone
Last week, the American Medical Association (AMA) updated its naloxone prescribing guidance document to encourage all medical professionals in the country to make sure...
Opioid overdose survivors often not offered interventions
Hospitalized patients who survive an opioid overdose provide critical moments for interventions, but a new study exposes a shortfall in salvaged opportunities for advocating...
Medications for opioid use disorder see massive spikes in funding
The amount of Medicaid money spent on three crucial medications used to fight opioid use disorder (OUD) increased sharply between 2011 and 2016, with...
Anti-heroin vaccine closer to reality, stops ‘high’ in primates
Scientists have broken new ground with a vaccine that stops the high of heroin. The experts from the Virginia Commonwealth University and the Scripps...
Family members can be first responders and lifesavers in opioid overdoses
Although the opioid epidemic continues to be a nationwide concern, a new study reveals that family members and communities have the capacity to...
Clinton Foundation, pharma co. to provide overdose reversal drug to colleges
The Clinton Foundation has partnered with Adapt Pharma to supply colleges across the United States with five free doses of the life-saving opioid overdose...
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