Production issues with Pfizer’s injectable version of naloxone, a lifesaving overdose reversal drug, has caused a shortage of the drug, affecting healthcare providers across the country, The Boston ...

Since it began more than two decades ago, the opioid epidemic has taken an enormous toll on people’s lives. In 2022 alone, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control estimates that approximately 80,000 ...

Figure illustrates the proportion of Medicaid managed care plans (MCP) in state covering at least one generic injectable or generic or brand intranasal naloxone formulation without any restrictions.

While many are excited for the expansion of free nasal naloxone, some of those who pushed for this program are concerned to ...

(Reuters) - A high-dose version of the opioid reversal spray naloxone, made by Hikma Pharmaceuticals, did not result in an increased survival rate compared with lower-dose versions of the drug when ...

In the event of an opioid overdose, naloxone can restore normal breath to a person whose breathing has slowed or stopped — potentially saving a life, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Every 11 minutes someone in America dies from an opioid overdose. But there is a solution, public health officials say: Carry naloxone, even if you don’t think you know anyone who uses opioids.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. B.C. to expand access to nasal naloxone to prevent overdose deaths The B.C. government is allocating $18 million in new money for ...

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 ...

VICTORIA — More than 1,800 people died in British Columbia last year from illicit drug overdoses, and while the coroner's service says it still represents a "profound loss of life," it's a 21 per cent ...

A new study found that almost all plans in 40 states and Washington, DC covered at least one form of the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone, although certain restrictions and quantity limits may ...