New compound could supercharge naloxone in fight against …
Jul 3, 2024 · Now, scientists may have found a drug-busting partner for naloxone. Naloxone is an opioid antidote that has saved tens of thousands of lives by rapidly reversing opioid overdoses …
Fentanyl deaths are down thanks to naloxone, but crisis isn't over
Dec 21, 2024 · The death toll from fentanyl is falling as communities flood the streets with naloxone, an overdose-reversal drug. But deadly opioids remain rife.
Recent Naloxone Information & News - American Medical Association
Dec 20, 2024 · Naloxone is a lifesaving medication that can reverse opioid overdoses. The AMA encourages physicians to prescribe naloxone to patients at risk of overdose. Find the latest …
New Drug Could Boost Lifesaving Powers of Overdose Drug Naloxone
Jul 8, 2024 · The drug, dubbed compound 368, makes naloxone (Narcan) 7.6 times more effective at inhibiting the opioid response that causes overdose, researchers report in the July …
FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan. Here’s what it means - AP News
Mar 29, 2023 · The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling the leading version of naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on …
Over-the-counter opioid overdose antidote Narcan is arriving in ... - CNN
Aug 30, 2023 · The first over-the-counter naloxone, a drug used to reverse opioid overdose, is starting to come available in retail stores and online.
FDA approves first over-the-counter version of opioid overdose ... - CNN
Mar 29, 2023 · With drug overdose deaths continuing to hover near record levels, the US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved for the first time an over-the-counter version …
The FDA approves Opvee, a new nasal spray to reverse opioid overdoses : NPR
May 22, 2023 · WASHINGTON — U.S. health regulators on Monday approved a new easy-to-use version of a medication to reverse overdoses caused by fentanyl and other opioids driving the …
Biden-Harris Administration Announces New Action to Increase Naloxone …
Dec 21, 2023 · Using federal SOR grant dollars, states have purchased nearly 9 million naloxone kits and helped reverse more than 500,000 overdoses.
FDA Issues New Guidance to Help Facilitate Availability of Naloxone
Sep 23, 2022 · Entities such as harm reduction programs help save lives by making naloxone available in underserved communities. The agency intends to stand by these efforts by …