Naloxone: What you need to know about this lifesaving drug. Naloxone can stop an opioid overdose in its tracks. By Dr. Hector Florimon. March 21, 2018, 12:51 PM. 0:55.

Two advisory committees to the FDA have voted unanimously to recommend that a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote, naloxone, be made available over the counter. CNN Medical Analyst ...

Naloxone is best known by the brand name Narcan, which is available over the counter. Ward continued working with End Overdose, eventually becoming a co-founder of one of their first campus groups.

Naloxone is an emergency treatment, but it’s not a “one-and-done” type of drug. The effects only last 30-90 minutes. After that, it’s possible for the overdose symptoms to come back.

One study, which tracked naloxone usage in emergency departments from 2012 to 2015, noted a bump from 15 to 18 percent in how often multiple doses of the drug were administered.

Naloxone, which was first approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1971, works by blocking opioids from acting on receptors in the brain and reverses the depressed breathing caused by ...

Naloxone is not itself the answer to the country’s drug crisis. Nor can making it so widely available be achieved without costs – from the financial cost of Narcan kits to an increased burden ...

Naloxone can temporarily reverse opioid overdose: Why you might need some at home or in your bag. Story by Shane Darke • 2w.

The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, will be available in retail stores and online as soon as next week, its manufacturer said Wednesday.

The U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Jerome Adams, issued a public health advisory on Thursday urging more Americans to carry and learn to use the opioid overdose-reversing drug naloxone. Naloxone, which ...