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The Pennsylvania department of drug and alcohol programs formed in July 2012 due to the change in government proposed in Pennsylvania Act 50 in 2010. This department was originally under the department of health but changed to its own organization to focus solely on drug and alcohol-related addictions and problems.
Nalmefene, sold under the brand name Revex among others, is a medication that is used in the treatment of opioid overdose and alcohol dependence. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Nalmefene belongs to the class of opioid antagonists and can be taken by mouth , administered by injection, or delivered through nasal administration.
Alcohol has been used as an antiseptic as early as 1363, with evidence to support its use becoming available in the late 1800s. [ 32 ] At times and places of poor public sanitation (such as medieval Europe ), the consumption of alcoholic drinks was a way of avoiding water-borne diseases such as cholera .
The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, is starting to come available in retail stores and online. Over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote Narcan is arriving ...
The preferred antidote is fomepizole, with ethanol used if this is not available. Hemodialysis may also be used in those where there is organ damage or a high degree of acidosis. Other treatments may include sodium bicarbonate, folate, and thiamine. [2] Outbreaks of methanol ingestion have occurred due to contamination of drinking alcohol.
Pennsylvania State Police and the Liberty Mid-Atlantic High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area formed the Overdose Information Network in 2018, but reporting was voluntary until Act 158 took effect ...
“You got all these people with this disease who need treatment,” he said. “There’s a medication that could really help us tackle this problem, help us dramatically reduce overdose death, and people are having a hard time accessing it.” The anti-medication approach adopted by the U.S. sets it apart from the rest of the developed world.
While the medication metadoxine may speed the breakdown of alcohol, use in alcohol intoxication requires further study as of 2017. [6] [30] It is approved in a number of countries in Europe, as well as India and Brazil. [30] Additional medication may be indicated for treatment of nausea, tremor, and anxiety.