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The Saugus-Everett Elks Drug Awareness Committee had a presentation on Narcan and its importance during the opioid crisis Monday morning at the senior center. Chair of the Committee Ron Visconti ...
Two sergeants have administered the life-saving nasal spray Naloxone to two people suffering from a drug overdose in Sheffield and Doncaster.
The Trump administration’s proposed cuts to the naloxone distribution program would gut programs that train and equip communities to respond to overdoses.
Rep. Kate Donaghue has a trick for always ensuring naloxone is on hand and ready to deploy if she encounters someone ...
Naloxone, the opioid overdose-reversing medication commonly known by its brand name Narcan, was central to the response of ...
Some signs to look out for if you or someone around you seems to be overdosing are: If you are unsure, call 911 and ask the ...
A Pennsylvania bill seeks to allow EMS workers to leave extra naloxone doses with overdose survivors and their families to help save more lives.
While well-intentioned, Scott L. Bohn’s op-ed “Equipping first responders for the age of synthetic opioids” (April 28, TribLive) calling for expanded use of high dose and long-lasting opioid ...
There are more than 100 "Save a Life" free Narcan stations across Oakland County. Recently, 38 of the stations were targeted and all of the Narcan was taken from them.
The combination of prescribed central nervous system stimulants, such as drugs that relieve ADHD symptoms, with prescribed opioid medications is associated with a pattern of escalating opioid ...
The Omaha Fire Department says lately, their medics are having to administer higher doses of the medicine because of how potent street drugs are. "It's a problem that's becoming harder and harder ...