The good news is that there is an antidote for the poison. Naloxone (pronounced na-LOX-own) reverses opioid overdoses in minutes. With a quick injection or a shot of nasal spray, overdose victims ...

2 Nalmefene has the same pharmacological mechanism of action as naloxone. 3 Nalmefene has a long duration of action and provides another treatment option in reversing overdoses, including ...

This 90-minute training educates participants on stigma, harm reduction, the opioid epidemic, and how to safely recognize and respond to an opioid poisoning with Naloxone/Narcan Intramuscular and ...

A literature search identified more than a dozen published reports on the use of pure opioid antagonists (naloxone, naltrexone, methylnaltrexone) for the management of OIP in pediatric and adult ...

Naloxone can save the life of someone who has overdosed A life-saving anti-overdose drug is to be made available for use at home in England without a prescription. The medicine, known as naloxone ...

They'd also like you to bring naloxone, more widely known as Narcan, which is used to treat opioid overdoses. Lake County Health Department spokeswoman Emily Young said overdoses can happen at ...

Faced with the risk of fentanyl intoxication -- a highly lethal opioid -- in the general population, Urgences-Santé is in favour of “everyone” having the antidote commonly known as naloxone ...