Mexican authorities took Ward into custody in March before returning him to the U.S. for prosecution, according to the ...

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 ... For example, a medication ...

Intravenous access may not be feasible ... [16] the group receiving the highest naloxone hydrochloride dosage (0.167 μg/kg/hr) had significantly lower VAS pain scores than the group receiving ...

The lifesaving drug naloxone, used to prevent overdose deaths from opioid use, is now available at no cost to all New Jersey school districts. The joint initiative from the state Education and ...

The University of Arizona has made naloxone, or Narcan, available across campus. Naloxone is easy to administer to someone who is overdosing by using a form of nasal spray. The medication can ...

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 ...

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It took a series of traumatic events for Dallas native Anthony Delabano to decide he wanted to recover from his struggle with substance use. Delabano, 38, struggled with sobriety for 11 years and ...

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 ...

What the 20-year-old sold her instead were counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, a deadly synthetic opioid that can be ...