A medicine called naloxone is available for Australians to take home in case of an opioid overdose. Here's how it works, when ...

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

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 ...

General strategies and specific drug antidotes to treat antidepressant-induced sexual side effects are discussed. These include such drugs as cyproheptadine, yohimbine, amantadine, buspirone ...

Cyanide antidotes should be immediately available ... and patients administered drugs known to inhibit the elimination of digoxin. Digoxin-specific Fab is generally well tolerated.

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 ...

That's the basis of the latest harm reduction effort out of Morris County, which is now home to vending machines that are ...