naloxone

FDA Approves Over The Counter Status For Opioid Overdose Reversal Drug Narcan

250 companies, schools and organizations pledge to provide overdose antidote naloxone

12:19pm October 08, 2024

The White House says big companies like Amazon, the NHL, and United Airlines are joining the push to prevent overdoses by making naloxone widely available.

WS/FCS approves policy to allow overdose antidote Naloxone in schools

2:00pm May 29, 2024

by Amy Diaz

Naloxone, also known as Narcan, will soon be available in Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools. Several community organizations requested the district keep the life-saving medication on school campuses.

Drugs

Overdose-reversing drug now available from free vending machine in Forsyth

6:05pm August 26, 2022

by Paul Garber

Forsyth County health officials have added a vending machine at the county detention center that offers the overdose-reversing drug Narcan (Naloxone).

A drug overdose rescue kit is pictured in Buffalo, N.Y. The Biden administration plans to increase access to clean needles, fentanyl test strips and naloxone to combat drug overdose deaths.

Drug overdose deaths are at a record high. Here's what the White House plans to do

1:23pm April 21, 2022

by Martha Bebinger

Harm reduction is one of four policies the Biden administration says must be immediately implemented in order to address the record high number of overdose deaths.

Health & Safety

Narcan is now available at the Forsyth County Department of Public Health

6:00am January 04, 2022

by Bethany Chafin

The opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan (naloxone) is now available at the front desk of the Forsyth County Department of Publi

Louise Vincent, executive director of the North Carolina Survivors Union, holds a vial of the overdose reversal drug naloxone. "Almost everyone that comes here is alive because of naloxone," Vincent says.

Health & Safety

To save lives, overdose antidote should be sold over-the-counter, advocates argue

4:01am December 14, 2021

by Aneri Pattani

With opioid overdoses surging, harm-reduction groups are calling on the FDA to change naloxone's prescription-only status. This would make it easier to get the lifesaving drug to people at risk.

A man who goes by the name Dave Carvagio holds a packaged syringe in Pickering Square in Bangor, Maine. The Bangor chapter of the Church of Safe Injection sets up a table in the square and offers free naloxone, needles and other drug-using supplies.

'Church Of Safe Injection' Offers Needles, Naloxone To Prevent Opioid Overdoses

7:27am February 12, 2019

by Deborah Becker

The group says it has 18 chapters in eight states, all of them funded by private, anonymous donations. Members distribute free and clean drug-use supplies even at the risk of being arrested.

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One person has died and a total of 12 people were taken to the hospital after a mass drug overdose in Chico, Calif. Above, syringes of the opiate fentanyl appear at an inpatient pharmacy.

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1 Dead And 12 Hospitalized After Mass Drug Overdose In California

6:55pm January 13, 2019

by Shannon Van Sant

Police officers administered CPR after arriving at a home in Chico, California, where the drug overdose occurred. Four people are in critical condition.

"People have to be alive to get the help that they need," said Brittney Webster, who got free naloxone at a health center in Carlisle, Pa.

Health & Safety

In Pennsylvania, People Lined Up For Free Naloxone

4:43pm December 14, 2018

by Brett Sholtis

Across the state, volunteers in Pennsylvania distributed naloxone on Thursday. The drug reverses the effects of opioid overdose. The giveaway was part of a state plan to combat the opioid epidemic.

Nurse Denied Life Insurance Because She Carries Naloxone

10:28am December 13, 2018

by Martha Bebinger

The U.S. surgeon general has called on "bystanders" to be equipped with the opioid reversal drug to save lives. But when a nurse answered that call, her application for life insurance was denied. Why?

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