Sentences with phrase «administer opioid overdose»

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The opioid antagonist Naloxone, or Narcan, instantly stops the effects of a drug overdose when administered.

Also at 6 p.m., state Sen. David Carlucci hosts a free training on how to administer Naloxone, a medication used to block the effects of an opioid overdose, Pearl River Library, 80 Franklin Ave., Pearl River.

If it is administered when an individual is not experiencing an opioid overdose, no harm will come to the patient.

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.

Naloxone is a safe medication that can prevent death when administered during an opioid overdose.

HARTFORD — Gov. Dannel P. Malloy on Friday signed sweeping legislation that aims to reduce the number of opioid pills sitting in medicine cabinets, provide new help to addicts and make it easier to administer life - saving drugs to those who overdose.

The success of naloxone has spurred a movement of community programs to help train opioid users and their loved ones on how to correctly identify a drug overdose and administer this life - saving medication.