In the midst of the nation’s ongoing, multi-decade opioid epidemic, there was a smidge of good news. In 2023, there were about 1,500 fewer overdose deaths involving fentanyl and other synthetic ...
Now in long-term recovery, Denson on Thursday helped distribute naloxone, a life-saving medication that reverses opioid ...
Save a Life Day on Thursday provided a way to help combat the crisis, with the program offering free Naloxone as well as training on how to use it.
Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, can rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. It is commonly used as a nasal spray but can also be administered as a shot. First responders, doctors and people ...
What's in the nurse's office at your child's school? Band aids? Defibrillators? EpiPens? What about Naloxone? Naloxone is a medication that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, and ...
Naloxone Texas launched a new overdose prevention initiative at colleges and universities across Texas this fall.
Ten years ago, Indiana took a bold and compassionate step in addressing the opioid crisis when it passed Aaron’s Law, a first-of-its-kind bill removing barriers to naloxone, the life-saving medication ...
Save A Life Day was hosted by Moundsville Pharmacy, providing free Naloxone kits and vital information to those battling addiction, with the goal of saving lives and changing hearts and minds.
As volunteers around the country prepared last week for Save a Life Day, an annual naloxone giveaway event, Kanawha County ...
The U.S. Surgeon General issued a rare national advisory Thursday urging more Americans to carry naloxone, a drug used to revive people overdosing on opioids. Naloxone is a medication designed to ...
When it comes to addressing the significant toll of adolescent deaths due to opioid overdoses, stocking naloxone in school buildings is a promising solution. In today’s opioid crisis, students could ...
When Kyra Kearse first visited a pharmacy to pick up free boxes of the overdose reversal drug naloxone, she had a flashback ...