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  2. Alcohol intoxication - Wikipedia

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    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.

  3. Methanol toxicity - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Nalmefene - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Alcohols (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol can intensify the sedation caused by hypnotics/sedatives such as barbiturates, benzodiazepines, sedative antihistamines, opioids, nonbenzodiazepines/Z-drugs (such as zolpidem and zopiclone). [15] In the Netherlands, pentobarbital is part of the standard protocol for physician-assisted suicide for self-administration by the patient. [16]

  6. L.A. schools to carry opioid overdose antidote [Video]

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    The Los Angeles Unified School District will provide all its schools with a medication that can reverse opioid overdoses, after at least seven teenagers overdosed on pills likely laced with ...

  7. Medication package insert - Wikipedia

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    For prescription medications, the insert is technical, providing information for medical professionals about how to prescribe the drug. Package inserts for prescription drugs often include a separate document called a "patient package insert" with information written in plain language intended for the end-user —the person who will take the ...

  8. Over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote Narcan is arriving ...

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    The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, is starting to come available in retail stores and online. The medicine, with the brand name Narcan, has a suggested ...

  9. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    A new medication developed in the 1970s, buprenorphine, was viewed as a safer alternative to methadone because it had a lower overdose risk. “Bupe,” as it’s become known, was originally approved for pain relief, but knowledgeable addicts began using it as a black market route to drug rehabilitation.