The worsening opioid epidemic is prompting more people to carry a nasal spray that reverses overdoses and become de facto first responders in life-or-death situations.
Naloxone acts five times quicker than the approximately 10-minute average arrival time for EMS technicians, according toThat can be critical when fentanyl, the synthetic drug behind most opioid overdose deaths, renders an individual unconscious and not breathing in as little as 90 seconds, said Bonnie Milas, a cardiac anesthesiologist at the University of Pennsylvania whoBut with retail prices sometimes exceeding $100, the cost can be prohibitive and...
vary in their coverage of naloxone. Some experts say the most in-need individualsNaloxone and automatic external defibrillators located in public places allow ordinary citizens to stand in for medical professionals, even with little or no training. Every state has a naloxone access law, thoughThe advantage is most clear in rural areas where professional medical help can be more than 30 minutes away, Kimberly Sue, an addiction medicine physician at Yale, told Axios.
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