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Two Vacaville police officers were treated with naloxone and taken to an area hospital Tuesday night after they showed signs ...
A Lacey firefighter saved a puppy exposed to fentanyl by giving it naloxone at the Nisqually Reservation Tuesday morning.
There are many ways of getting Naloxone for free and without a prescription. Learning how to use it takes only a few minutes.
Naloxone is an “opioid antagonist,” according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which means it blocks chemicals in the opioid family (such as heroin, oxycodone, morphine and fentanyl ...
Naloxone can stop an opioid overdose in its tracks. The opioid crisis has been front and center this week thanks to President Donald Trump's visit to New Hampshire, a state that has been ...
Naloxone, which was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1971, works by blocking opioids from acting on receptors in the brain and reverses the depressed breathing caused by ...
Initial vending machine sites are six businesses, mostly in North County, and the county health department's three health ...
When administered to mice along with naloxone, it is 10 times as potent as naloxone alone at blocking morphine’s ability to attenuate pain and depress breathing (Nature 2024, DOI: 10.1038/s41586 ...
St. Louis County launches free naloxone vending machines in high-need areas to help prevent opioid overdose deaths.
Using outdated newspaper vending boxes, the opioid awareness group Micah’s Hugs is installing free naloxone distribution ...
Opioids are dangerous substances, but overdoses can be reversed if prompt action is taken. Having naloxone around people who use opioids in whatever form can and does save lives. All people using such ...
Just two police forces in the country refuse to give their officers naloxone. Big Issue reporting has sparked politicians to ...