SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio now has its first Narcan vending machine, and it’s free. City of San Antonio Chief Mental Health Officer Jessie Higgins noted some alarming statistics that could be ...

We’ve reported on naloxone, marketed as Narcan. You can now find it in drug stores, and some local health departments are distributing it for free. We recently reported on public health vending ...

Georgia Overdose Prevention director Andy Gish holds a kit to administer Naloxone through injection in a workshop for food service workers and other community members on Tuesday, Oct. 15 ...

RELATED: 8 minutes, 19 seconds: Inside one California man’s dying body as Narcan molecules rush to reverse an overdose Yet that’s only part of the picture. Last year, calls about more than ...

THEY’RE CALLED NALOXONE WALL UNITS, AND THEY’RE A BIT DIFFERENT THAN FREE NARCAN VENDING MACHINES, LIKE THE ONE BEING USED AT THE FORSYTH COUNTY DETENTION CENTER. THEY HOLD ABOUT 50 UNITS OF ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — In March 2023, the FDA cleared the use of naloxone, also known as Narcan, for over-the-counter use. Narcan is used to reverse the effects of a drug overdose and it’s ...

Use of a lifesaving drug to reverse opioid drug overdoses is growing, but not fast enough. Use of a lifesaving drug to reverse opioid drug overdoses is growing, but not fast enough. That's ...

Rost asked, according to body camera footage. RELATED: Everywhere they go, people ask for Narcan. But overdoses are increasingly hard to stop. The man’s olive skin had a bluish tinge and whoever ...

Arlington’s Health Services will be providing two free doses of naloxone, a medication that can be administered to employees or customers experiencing an opioid overdose while medical help is on ...

More bystanders are stepping in to administer naloxone to people who've overdosed on opioids, a new study shows. Nearly 25,000 OD patients received naloxone from an untrained bystander before ...

A new study shows how the increased administration of naloxone by non-medical laypersons – or bystanders with little to no medical training – could be one factor contributing to this decline.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(15):1419-1425. The short duration of activity of naloxone when the drug is administered as an i.v. bolus may limit its effectiveness for the management of OIP.