Sentences with phrase «additional naloxone»
Additional Naloxone Training Sessions Added; Two June Sessions Planned for Southtowns; One for Northtowns (05/29/2015)
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Last week, the Governor and legislative leaders reached an agreement on multiple bills that include new programs and insurance reforms to improve treatment options for individuals suffering from heroin and opioid addiction; measures to strengthen penalties and put in place additional tools for law enforcement to crack down on the distribution of illegal drugs; provisions to ensure the proper and safe use of naloxone, an overdose antidote; and support for enhanced public awareness campaigns to prevent drug abuse.
«I'm not going to let young people die because an insurance company wants additional profit and doesn't want to cover the additional dosage for fentanyl,» Cuomo said, noting that it takes five times the amount of naloxone to reverse a fentanyl overdose compared to a heroin overdose.
By training individuals to recognize the signs of a possible overdose, call 911, and then administer the naloxone in their possession, additional lives will be saved.»
Three New York State agencies are partnering with the Erie County Department of Health and Erie County Medical Center to provide training to additional police officers in the use of naloxone.
«Take - home naloxone should be an additional standard of care for prevention of heroin overdose death.»