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Feb. 12—Do you keep Narcan in your purse? If not, maybe you should. Narcan, known generically as Naloxone, is an overdose reversal drug that's risen in use as the opioid epidemic has continued ...
Naloxone is widely available, easy to use and can save victims of overdose. Experts say more people should carry it. Naloxone is widely available, easy to use and can save victims of overdose. ...
Experts say everyone should consider having Narcan, which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, as a part of their first aid kit at home. Narcan will be available for purchase over-the ...
But, if administered correctly, Narcan — the intranasal form of naloxone, a drug used to treat opioid overdoses — can save a life. "The reality is, everyone should carry Narcan," said Ellis ...
Naloxone is a racemic mixture of two enantiomers, (–)-naloxone (levonaloxone) and (+)-naloxone (dextronaloxone), only the former of which is active at opioid receptors. [ 79 ] [ 80 ] The drug is highly lipophilic , allowing it to rapidly penetrate the brain and to achieve a far greater brain to serum ratio than that of morphine. [ 75 ]
Naloxone is sold under brand names such as Narcan and RiVive. It can be bought online or at major pharmacies for between $30 and $45 a kit. Each kit contains two nasal spray applicators.
There’s no single explanation for why addiction treatment is mired in a kind of scientific dark age, why addicts are denied the help that modern medicine can offer. Family doctors tend to see addicts as a nuisance or a liability and don’t want them crowding their waiting rooms. In American culture, self-help runs deep.
Everyone should carry naloxone.” Hoping to provide free, unrestricted access to the drug, Salish decided six months ago that it wanted to support placing naloxone cabinets throughout the region.