Sentences with phrase «naloxone kits»

The authors point out that there isn't enough information available on improvised nasal naloxone kits to warrant this level of acceptance.

First responders (peers, family, police, etc.) may prefer nasal sprays to injectable naloxone, which has led to widespread use of improvised naloxone kits with atomisers for nasal delivery of the drug.

So why are makeshift nasal naloxone kits good enough for people with opioid dependence?»

In a debate paper published online by the scientific journal Addiction, top researchers at the National Addiction Centre at King's College London criticize the extensive use of improvised nasal naloxone kits without testing and without regulatory approval.

Clinical trials on improvised nasal naloxone kits are underway, but no data on levels of naloxone absorbed have been published.

Community members were given free Naloxone kits, as well as instructions on how to properly administer the life - saving drug that reverses the effects of opioid overdose.

On March 13, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced that the city will distribute 100,000 naloxone kits citywide in attempt to prevent opioid deaths.

The mayor also started the «Mayor's Heroin and Prescription Opioid Public Awareness Task Force,» gave $ 70,000 to expand the «Too Good for Drugs» anti-drug program in schools and set up a dedicated fund to provide 7,000 free naloxone kits to community - based organizations.

Twenty or so persons came out, each receiving a free nasal naloxone kit.

If you are concerned that people you know are using opioids, you can get a naloxone kit from the public health unit or a local pharmacy.

Not exact matches

The group, which conducts naloxone training across the city, distributed nearly 1,000 Narcan kits in 2017.

«Erie County first responders and residents who may possess the affected product should understand that the naloxone medication in the kits remains safe and effective,» explains Erie County Health Commissioner Dr. Gale Burstein.

They will receive a free kit containing two naloxone doses provided by the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH).

Of these 51 patients, 73 percent had received a naloxone rescue kit either in the emergency department or elsewhere, such as a detox facility, and approximately one third of the reported opioid use in the last 30 days.

In addition, ED's have the potential to equip patients with nasal naloxone rescue kits as part of this effort.

Among those with naloxone rescue kits, about one - third administered naloxone during the rescue.

The other half will be given an «emergency kit» that includes a single dose naloxone - loaded syringe and a training DVD to watch with loved ones.

In 2009, Project ASSERT, with support from Boston Public Health Commission and Massachusetts Department of Public Health, also began offering overdose prevention education and naloxone rescue kits to emergency department patients at risk for opioid overdose.

«This study confirms that the emergency department provides a promising opportunity for opioid overdose harm reduction measures through overdose education and naloxone rescue kit distribution,» explained lead author Kristin Dwyer, MD, emergency physician at BMC.