Naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote, is a powerful tool in the overdose crisis, allowing friends, loved ones and even bystanders a way to put a fatal overdose in reverse and bring back breathing.

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 ...

Extra naloxone doses may be needed in cases involving the more potent forms of opioids. Everyone who uses opioids should have naloxone in their home. This includes people who use drugs such as ...

Naloxone is typically administered through a nasal spray, but it also comes in an injectable form. Students, staff and faculty can pick up free naloxone at Health Promotion on the third floor of ...