Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Installs Historic Naloxone Vending Machine
It is the first in Massachusetts to install a vending machine that will disperse free overdose reversal medication.
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‘I know this will save lives’: Middlesex Sheriff’s Office unveils naloxone vending machine for opioid overdose prevention
The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office has become the first sheriff’s office in Massachusetts to install a naloxone vending machine, ...
A fentanyl antidote is saving lives. But it isn’t ending the fentanyl crisis
The US death toll from fentanyl is falling as communities hand out overdose-reversal drug naloxone. Behind the good news, ...
Mass. sheriff’s office installs vending machine that dispenses free overdose reversal meds in jail
The machine was installed on December 9, and a sheriff’s office spokesperson said it’s already been used 24 times.
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How to save a fentanyl victim: Key facts about naloxone
Dec 20 - Naloxone is an over-the-counter nasal-spray medication that can save an overdose victim by rapidly reversing the effects of fentanyl, heroin and other opioids. Doctors urge all people ...
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Naloxone Hcl
Naloxone 0.4mg/mL, 1mg/mL; IV, IM or SC inj; amps (paraben-free); vials. See full labeling. Post-op: 0.1–0.2mg IV, IM or SC, repeat 2–3 mins until desired response. Overdose: 0.4–2mg IV, IM ...
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Naloxone - Life Saver
It is pronounced Nah-lox-own. Naloxone is a medication that quickly reverses the effects of an overdose from opioids. Opioids are drugs such as codeine, morphine, heroin, methadone or fentanyl. There ...