Naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversing medication commonly known by its brand name Narcan, was central to the response of ...

Using outdated newspaper vending boxes, the opioid awareness group Micah’s Hugs is installing free naloxone distribution ...

Rep. Kate Donaghue has a trick for always ensuring naloxone is on hand and ready to deploy if she encounters someone ...

The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the naloxone distribution program would gut programs that train and equip ...

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 ...

Following a mass overdose event in Baltimore earlier this week, the City of Frederick is coordinating with state and local ...

Naloxone is a drug that can reverse the effects of opioids, such as heroin, methadone, opium, codeine, morphine and buprenorphine. Picture date: Thursday February 17, 2022.

Naloxone can stop an opioid overdose in its tracks. The opioid crisis has been front and center this week thanks to President Donald Trump's visit to New Hampshire, a state that has been ...

The 21217 ZIP code, which encompasses the Penn North neighborhood where Thursday’s overdoses took place, was by far the ...

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 ...

Opioids are dangerous substances, but overdoses can be reversed if prompt action is taken. Having naloxone around people who use opioids in whatever form can and does save lives. All people using such ...