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Narcan, known generically as Naloxone, is an overdose reversal drug that's risen in use as the opioid epidemic has continued to grow. Paramedics have it. Schools have it. But some local experts ...
Naloxone is a non-selective and competitive opioid receptor antagonist. [6] [17] It reverses the depression of the central nervous system and respiratory system caused by opioids. [13] Naloxone was patented in 1961 and approved for opioid overdose in the United States in 1971. [18] [19] It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential ...
Sep. 14—BLUEFIELD — Free naloxone, which is used to reverse opioid overdoses, is being offered today in Mercer, McDowell and Monroe Counties as part of Appalachian Save a Life Day. Naloxone is ...
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REACH acquired funding from the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene for the creation of overdose education and naloxone distribution. [31] As a result, 4,235 naloxone kits were distributed to 3,906 individuals and REACH conducted both bystander training and clinic staff training.
(+)-Naloxone (dextro-naloxone) is a drug which is the opposite enantiomer of the opioid antagonist drug (−)-naloxone. Unlike (−)-naloxone, (+)-naloxone has no significant affinity for opioid receptors , [ 1 ] but instead has been discovered to act as a selective antagonist of Toll-like receptor 4 .
There were 176 fentanyl-related deaths reported in Tarrant County in 2022, according to Tarrant County Public Health.
New York City had 420 heroin overdose deaths in 2013 — the most in a decade. A year ago, Vermont’s governor devoted his entire State of the State speech to heroin’s resurgence. The public began paying attention the following month, when Philip Seymour Hoffman died from an overdose of heroin and other drugs.