- WEST BRIDGEWATER, Mass. — Steve Wohlen lay on his front lawn, blue, unconscious and barely breathing, overdosing on heroin. His mother ran outside, frantically assembling a pen-like canister. (Huffington Post)
- (UPDATED) "Why didn't I know about this when my child was alive?" That was the question raised over and over at a U.S. (Time)
- The man had overdosed, wasnt breathing, was already turning blue. Gessner jabbed him with a syringe containing naloxone, as he had been trained to do. The man survived. (Philadelphia Daily News)
- Narcan—or naloxone, its generic name—counteracts the effects of heroin, OxyContin and other powerful painkillers. It has been routinely used by ambulance crews and emergency rooms in the U.S. for decades. (San Jose Mercury News)
- On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration held a groundbreaking and powerful full-day hearing on making the generic, prescription-only opioid overdose antidote naloxone more widely available. (AlterNet)
- He had overdosed, wasnt breathing, already turning blue. Mr. Gessner jabbed him with a syringe containing naloxone, as he had been trained to do. The man survived. It is a good feeling, said Mr. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
- She ended up managing the pain with street drugs. In 2004, she overdosed on heroin. If my boyfriend had not had naloxone I would have died in an abandoned warehouse, Englander, 32, said in an interview. The experience started her on a path to recovery. (Philadelphia Daily News)
- The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering whether to allow non-prescription use of naloxone (Narcan), which can prevent opioid overdose from heroin or Vicodin, Time.com reports. Opioid-based substances can slowly stop a person's breathing. (AIDSmeds.com HIV/AIDS Treatment News)
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Naloxone
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