Wednesday during a point of personal privilege on the House floor, he announced he would have someone with no training give him naloxone, an opioid antagonist. “In someone, I’m obviously ...

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 ...

A Representative announced plans to introduce a bill that would require schools to provide naloxone (Narcan) onsite. The bill ...

A new "powerful tool" for combatting opioid deaths isn't settled science. For that reason, the state is taking a measured approach to deploying it.

Naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote, will be more accessible to Mesa County residents thanks to a recently launched network ...

Naloxone HCl 4mg; per spray ... It can also reverse the psychotomimetic and dysphoric effects of agonist-antagonists such as pentazocine. Give as single spray intranasally into one nostril.

File Photo A law passed during the legislative session allows West Virginia schools to stock opioid antagonists, such as Narcan and Naloxone, for drug overdoses. PARKERSBURG — A law passed ...

Reversing opioid overdoses in rats using a drug that does not enter the brain prevents the sudden and severe withdrawal symptoms associated with therapeutics that target the central nervous system.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(15):1419-1425. The short duration of activity of naloxone when the drug is administered as an i.v. bolus may limit its effectiveness for the management of OIP.