The US death toll from fentanyl is falling as communities hand out overdose-reversal drug naloxone. Behind the good news, opioids remain rife – and users report harrowing effects from the antidote.
How to administer naloxoneThe Washington Post put together a step-by-step guide to administering naloxone in an emergency. The card can be saved to your phone or computer for reference.
Missouri officials say the overdose reversal drug naloxone helped contribute to the first decrease in drug-related deaths since 2015. The number of drug overdose deaths in Missouri went down for ...
Event-goers can also get training on how to administer naloxone, or Narcan, which can save the lives of fentanyl users.
A naloxone vending machine was installed at the Middlesex Jail and House of Correction in Billerica last month, offering free doses of the overdose-reversing drug to all visitors and staff ...
In an effort to prevent overdose deaths, Boston officials are setting up public health vending machines and naloxone kiosks in several locations across the city. The three machines in the Finland ...
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 ...
On a recent day, a customer heated up a dose of white fentanyl powder, sucked in the smoke through a short straw, and stopped breathing almost instantly. Sleaze says he grabbed several naloxone ...
On a recent day, a customer heated up a dose of white fentanyl powder, sucked in the smoke through a short straw, and stopped breathing almost instantly. Sleaze says he grabbed several naloxone ...