A single dosage can cost more than $40 at a pharmacy. Delabano, who is also CEO of nonprofit group Foundation 45, refurnished a second-hand vending machine and partnered with anti-opioid nonprofit ...

For the same amount of medication (dose), Dilaudid will have a more substantial pain-relieving effect than morphine. The opioid oral morphine milligram equivalent (MME ... It can also be given by ...

A new tool to prevent deaths is now available in Waukesha. A free Narcan vending machine has been installed inside ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital and is accessible at any time, day or night.

DETROIT – Using Narcan to help save the life of someone suffering from a drug overdose has gained wide public acceptance, but as effective as it can be, this rescue medication does have some ...

Free Narcan vending machines launching around Dallas are increasing access to a life-saving medicine in the places where it's needed most. "It's literally about just making sure that a simple ...

MAINE — A state-mandated naloxone training will be offered at public schools in the area soon. Naloxone is a medication that can revive people who overdose on opioids. Once administered ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — It was supposed to be a game-changer for tackling Oklahoma's opioid epidemic, vending machines all around the state, dispensing free life-saving Narcan and fentanyl test ...

In the study by Choi et al., [16] the group receiving the highest naloxone hydrochloride dosage (0.167 μg/kg/hr) had significantly lower VAS pain scores than the group receiving morphine alone.

In August, a 16-year-old female student was treated with Narcan after ingesting a possibly illegal substance that led to a medical emergency. After the two events, junior Mady Cohen created Mady's ...

is crowded with markers bearing the names of people lost to the opioid overdose crisis. Too many more are dying. What started four years ago as a memorial to a local woman’s son has grown so ...

In every business, you have your typical safety tools – a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit. But the Tucson Fire Department is adding one more item to the list – Narcan. “We go to these businesses ...