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Naloxone is an opioid antagonist: a medication used to reverse or reduce the effects of opioids. [13] For example, it is used to restore breathing after an opioid overdose. [13] Effects begin within two minutes when given intravenously, five minutes when injected into a muscle, [13] and ten minutes as a nasal spray. [14]
Nalmefene. Nalmefene 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. [7]
Narcan (Naloxone HCl Nasal Spray 4 mg) will be available for purchase over-the-counter starting in September, the drug's manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions Inc. announced Wednesday. The company's ...
It’s sold as a nasal spray under the brand name Narcan. Coming off a year with a record number of opioid-related overdose deaths in the United States — nearly 83,000 in 2022, ...
September 2, 2024 at 3:29 AM. A transit agency in Florida installed new Narcan kits at its four bus terminals and its employees are being trained on how to use the nasal spray to reverse opioid ...
A take-home naloxone program is a governmental program that provides naloxone drug kits to those that are at risk of an opioid overdose. Naloxone is a medication that was created to reverse opioid overdoses. As an opioid antagonist, it binds to the μ-opioid receptors blocking the opioid's effects. Naloxone quickly restores normal respiration.
“Narcan can save a life in minutes, which is critical,” he said. The over-the-counter Narcan, which will be sold as a single dose given as a nasal spray, most likely won’t be available until ...
In October 2018, the company donated two doses of Narcan nasal spray to all 16,568 libraries in the US. Emergent had previously donated 20,000 doses to 4,700 universities in the US in 2017. It later expanded this donation to all US high schools as well. [98] Additionally, the company donated free Narcan kits to 2,700 YMCAs across the US.