Take-home naloxone kits across Canada should contain both versions of the opioid overdose-reversing drug — a nasal spray and an injectable that goes into a muscle — says a panel of experts ...

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The Mobile County Health Department is partnering with LTS Health to open 5 kiosks that will dispense Narcan and condoms for ...

Although ARS Pharmaceuticals’ approval for its epinephrine nasal spray came later than expected, the company ultimately received a thumbs up from the FDA in August and is now moving fast to expand ...

Both the formal and informal training will include recognizing the signs of an opioid overdose and an explanation of how to use and access naloxone nasal spray.

If these signs are present, call 911 and administer naloxone. Naloxone, an opioid antagonist, rapidly displaces the opioids, such as tramadol and hydrocodone, that are bound to the opioid receptors.

"This is the first one in a bar in Alabama."Jerry Ehlen is the owner of B-Bob's Bar in downtown Mobile, where he has agreed to allow the Mobile County Health Department install this vending machine ...

Since 2022, the federal government has invested $26.1 million to help make naloxone, a medicine that blocks the effects of ...

In 2023, more than 80,000 people in the United States died of opioid overdoses. An overdose occurs when a person takes too much of an opioid (morphine, heroin, fentanyl, etc.) or a combination of ...

Emergent BioSolutions raised its revenue guidance and dropped a going concern warning. Its CEO is billing this next chapter ...

The FDA has fast-tracked approval of the first-in-its-class nasal epinephrine (neffy). It’s a very welcome addition to our anaphylaxis treatment armamentarium, notes Dr Gary Stadtmauer. Disclosure: ...

Franklin County Public Health said it's uncommon to have three overdose deaths at once, but not unusual for overdose deaths ...