Naloxone is an opioid-overdose antidote that if widely used could help stem the tide of the more than 130 Americans who die each day of drug overdoses. The drug has no potential for abuse and is ...

When given correctly and quickly, naloxone can reverse an opioid overdose and restore breathing. This includes reversing overdoses due to fentanyl. As a result, timely use of naloxone can be ...

Massachusetts officials are making naloxone available at three state Department of Transportation facilities, as the state pushes to expand access to the overdose reversal drug. MassDOT said ...

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 ...

Naloxone HCl 4mg; per spray; contains benzalkonium chloride. Naloxone hydrochloride antagonizes opioid effects by competing for the same receptor sites. It reverses the effects of opioids ...

Reversing opioid overdoses in rats using a drug that does not enter the brain prevents the sudden and severe withdrawal symptoms associated with therapeutics that target the central nervous system.

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 ...

The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office has just become the first in the state of Massachusetts to install a naloxone vending machine, Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian announced Thursday. The machine was ...

A literature search identified more than a dozen published reports on the use of pure opioid antagonists (naloxone, naltrexone, methylnaltrexone) for the management of OIP in pediatric and adult ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(15):1419-1425. The short duration of activity of naloxone when the drug is administered as an i.v. bolus may limit its effectiveness for the management of OIP.