Antidotes provide a direct way to counteract acute adverse effects of a drug; for example, protamine can be used to combat bleeding due to administration of the anticoagulant heparin. However ...

It follows a successful pilot in Flintshire, where the antidote was used to save two lives. "We need to do what we can to stop these drug deaths," said the force's outgoing Police and Crime ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved regimen of fomepizole is an i.v. loading dose of 15 mg/kg over 30 minutes followed by a dose of 10 mg/kg every 12 hours, with the frequency of ...

The ‘miracle drug’ is thought to be one factor behind the recent decline in overdoses in North America, and could save more people if it was better understood ...

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The newly approved regimen is expected to simplify administration and potentially reduce medication errors and dose-related reactions.

Naloxone, a nasal spray that can reverse the adverse effects of opioids, became available in drug stores last week. Naloxone is a drug that can reverse the harmful effects of opioids like fentanyl.