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Stark Community Support Network and Canton City Public Health unveiled Ohio's first ever repurposed newspaper box for free Narcan distribution.
In multiple states struggling to manage the epidemic, thousands of addicts have no access to Suboxone. There have been reports by doctors and clinics of waiting lists for the medication in Kentucky, Ohio, central New York and Vermont, among others. In one Ohio county, a clinic’s waiting list ran to more than 500 patients.
Fewer Ohioans are dying of drug overdoses because of better access to naloxone, opioid treatment and peer support, Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday. Drug overdose deaths down in Ohio. Fentanyl ...
Naloxone: Ohio distributed 219,000 naloxone kits in 2023. Naloxone is a medicine that quickly reverses the effects of an overdose. Last year, these kits reversed at least 20,000 overdoses in the ...
Naloxone was created in a laboratory, patented in 1961, and approved by the FDA a decade later. [1] It was first proposed in the 1990s for community-based provisions of take-home naloxone rescue kits (THN) to opioid users, which involved training opioid users, along with their family or friends, in awareness, emergency management, and administration of naloxone. [2]
After Stark County reported its sixth consecutive increase in overdose deaths in 2023, local health officials say 2024 appears promising.
Narcan is a lifesaving drug but a pack of two doses can cost up to $45 which can be a problem for many people who may need it one day.
Ohio spent more than $51.2 million to provide 723,574 naloxone kits from 2019 through 2023, according to the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.