Over 40,000 people die each year from opioid overdoses in the United States alone as the opioid crisis becomes increasingly dire. Narcan, an opioid-blocking medication approved by the FDA, has been around since the 1960s and is the go-to medication for anyone exhibiting opiate overdose symptoms. However, the FDA has recently approved two new drugs
The US Surgeon General, Jerome Adams has announced he thinks it’s important for people who are at-risk of overdose or know somebody who might be, to carry naloxone. On Monday, the Surgeon General met with about a half-dozen residents during a meeting with the Northern Kentucky Health Department in Florence. He told the crowd of
The Food and Drug Administration is looking to expand medication-assisted opioid treatment, a type of treatment that often has a stigma attached to it due to being misunderstood. Much of this stigma is ill-suited, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb told a U.S. House committee last Wednesday, and his agency is taking action to make these drugs
Many communities fighting the opiate epidemic are using Narcan to fight overdoses and reduce deaths. Narcan, also known as naloxone, is a drug that blocks the effects of opiates and prevents overdose deaths. It has become a lifesaver in many frustrated communities affected by addiction. When injected, the drug begins to work within a few
