Addressing overdoses from “street drugs” containing potent synthetic opioids poses a key challenge when utilizing opioid antagonists. A standard approach to known or suspected opioid overdose includes ...
Non-opioid analgesic shows efficacy in several animal pain models, including diabetic and chemotherapy-induced neuropathic ...
Mapping how Narcan reverses opioid overdose can provide a molecular blueprint for developing more effective drugs against ...
The FDA approved the first nalmefene hydrochloride auto-injector (Zurnai) for use as an emergency treatment for opioid overdose in adults and children 12 years of age and older, the agency announced ...
Illinois libraries can now keep naloxone on hand under a new standing order, making overdose response faster and easier ...
Illinois public libraries authorized to stock and administer opioid overdose reversal agents like naloxone under new IDPH ...
About 76% of those drug overdose deaths in 2023 involved opioids. Local organization NyE Communities Coalition (NyECC) is offering free training to help combat opioid overdose. “If you’re taking an ...
In the decade preceding 2021, overdose deaths involving opioids more than quadrupled in New York state, with 4,946 deaths reported in 2021. From 2010 to 2021, the crude death rate jumped from 5 per ...