Naloxone is a fantastic tool in reducing opioid deaths, but gentler versions would be helpful for fighting overdose ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Both naloxone and naloxone methiodide prevented ... Although the exact peripheral mechanisms underlying opioid-induced respiratory depression are unclear, it may involve fentanyl acting at ...

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 ...

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 ...

The spray form of naloxone counteracts the life-threatening ... But, overall, drug poisonings in general were the “leading mechanisms of fatal injuries” for Hawaii residents, measured in ...

“Meeting the needs of our patients and customers by now offering two nasal naloxone products at different strengths – NARCAN ® Nasal Spray 4 mg and KLOXXADO ® Nasal Spray 8 mg – allows ...