Many people started hearing about Naloxone when Prince was found dead. However, this drug has existed for a long time and has been approved by the FDA (Food and Drug Administration). Naloxone is used to prevent opioid overdoses from drugs like Oxycodone, heroin, and morphine. It can be given via intravenous injection, intranasal spray, subcutaneous...
In the midst of the fastest growing drug epidemic that the U.S. has ever seen, Naloxone availability came at just the right moment. From pharmacies in almost every state making it available for purchase over the counter to school’s keeping it on hand just in case, the lifesaving overdose reversal drug is more available than...
What if there were one thing that could save the thousands of people from the heroin epidemic that is currently sweeping the nation? A silver bullet. A cure for addiction. Whatever you call it, mayor of Ithaca, New York, Svante Myrick, believes that he has the answer to this problem that we’ve all been trying...
With the opiate crisis still developing in mid-America, high schools have been fortunate enough to now be able to add Narcan, a drug that can prevent death during an opiate overdose, to their defenses to fight teenage drug abuse. Recently, Adapt Pharmacia, the company that manufactures Narcan, and the Clinton Health Matters initiative have joined...
The Ohio Department of Health recently released statistics showing that more than 700 people died from heroin overdose in 2012—a 60% increase over the previous year and clearly indicating a heroin epidemic in Ohio. Heroin killed more people in Cuyahoga County in 2013 than car accidents or homicides. A more recent report by the Ohio...
