A literature search identified more than a dozen published reports on the use of pure opioid antagonists (naloxone, naltrexone, methylnaltrexone) for the management of OIP in pediatric and adult ...

Opioids are present in around 60% of drug-induced deaths in Australia. A medicine called naloxone is available for Australians to take home in case of opioid overdose. Here’s how it works ...

It is pronounced Nah-lox-own. Naloxone is a medication that quickly reverses the effects of an overdose from opioids. Opioids are drugs such as codeine, morphine, heroin, methadone or fentanyl. There ...

To find out, Ruyle and colleagues treated rats with either naloxone or a drug called naloxone methiodide, which is a derivative of naloxone that is unable to enter the brain. They then ...

Accordingly, Ottawa Public Health is pushing a campaign to get naloxone — a medication that can reverse overdoses — into the hands of the public. Just like knowing CPR is an invaluable tool in ...

HANOVER COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — In January, Hanover County residents will have access to naloxone through its new Naloxone by Mail Program. Naloxone is used to quickly reverse an opioid overdose by ...

A Vancouver pharmacist has been suspended after admitting to misconduct involving dispensing more than 28,000 doses of naloxone to one person. Geoffrey Kyle Soo Chan was suspended six months and ...