Naloxone availability expands throughout Kitsap as opioid overdoses continue to rise Several sites are making a drug that counters an opioid overdose more common across Kitsap, Jefferson and Clallam counties. 05/1/2024 - 10:30 pm | View Link
Narcan May Have Moved Over-the-Counter, but It’s Still Underutilized After its approval, the first OTC product didn't actually hit store shelves until September 2023. This followed decades of other setbacks. Naloxone itself has been FDA-approved since 1971, and has been OTC in other countries like Canada for years now. 05/1/2024 - 7:55 am | View Link
Opioid Overdose Reversal Medications (OORM) | SAMHSA Naloxone is a medication approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) designed to rapidly reverse opioid overdose. It is an opioid antagonist—meaning that it binds to opioid receptors and can reverse and block the effects of other opioids, such as heroin, morphine, and oxycodone. 05/3/2024 - 1:08 am | View Website
Naloxone Naloxone is indicated for the treatment of opioid toxicity, specifically to reverse respiratory depression from opioid use. It is useful in accidental or intentional overdose and acute or chronic toxicity. 05/2/2024 - 11:07 pm | View Website
Lifesaving Naloxone What is naloxone? Naloxone is a life-saving medication that can reverse an overdose from opioids—including heroin, fentanyl, and prescription opioid medications—when given in time. 1 Naloxone is easy to use and small to carry. 05/2/2024 - 1:05 pm | View Website
Naloxone: Opioid Overdose, Instructions, Side Effects Naloxone is an FDA approved medicine used to quickly reverse an opioid overdose. Naloxone is a opioid antagonist that works by attaching to opioid receptors and therefore reverses and blocks the effects of other opioids. 05/2/2024 - 12:30 pm | View Website
5 Things to Know About Naloxone | Feature Topics | Drug Overdose Naloxone, for example Narcan®, is a medicine that can help people who are overdosing on an opioid. Opioids include prescription medications, heroin, and fentanyl. Sometimes other drugs, including cocaine and methamphetamine, are mixed, or laced with fentanyl. Naloxone temporarily reverses the effects of an overdose from opioids, including: 05/2/2024 - 8:19 am | View Website