Sentences with phrase «naloxone access»

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Those without insurance or prescription drug coverage can access naloxone through a no - cost network of registered prevention programs.

The city is also increasing access to Naloxone, a medication that can reverse overdoses from opioid analgesics and heroin.

State Sen. Kemp Hannon (R - Garden City), the chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Health, will hold a legislative roundtable discussion in Albany on Tuesday that will focus on expanding access to naloxone.

As a member of the bi-partisan New York State Senate Joint Task Force on Heroin and Opioid Addiction, Senator Golden has fought for laws to establish Good Samaritan protections, create I - STOP, enhance insurance coverage to combat addiction, as well as expanding access to Naloxone.»

Chelsea Clinton says that increasing access to naloxone will save thousands of lives and is a moral obligation for people around the globe.

For anyone who is unable to afford the insurance co-pay or the cost of naloxone, naloxone may be accessed free of charge at community - based opioid overdose prevention programs.

They include ways to make it easier for first responders and family members of addicts to get access to the antidote drug naloxone, that can counteract a potentially fatal overdose.

Along with the Harm Reduction Coalition, the Drug Policy Alliance and VOCAL - NY are urging state legislators to instead increase access to naloxone, an anti-overdose medication, drug diversion programs and post-overdose counseling.

He said that some of the money dedicated to opioids in the recent government - spending bill would be distributed to agencies to help purchase naloxone, and that he had been in talks with naloxone manufacturers, including Kaleo and Adapt Pharma, about pricing and access.

States and cities have been working to expand access to naloxone, with many issuing standing orders — essentially blanket prescriptions that cover entire communities — and offering legal protection to people who use the medication.

U.S. Health & Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell last year proposed a response, calling for a program to change doctors» opioid prescribing practices, to expand the use of naloxone, a drug used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdoses, and increase patient access to medication assisted treatments for opioid use disorders.

Two more US states are widening access to naloxone, a drug that can neutralise a potentially fatal opiate overdose, but broader supply remains contentious

The committee recommended improving access to the medication naloxone, which blocks or reverses the effects of opioids, as well as safe injection equipment to reduce transmission of HIV and hepatitis C. Providers and pharmacists should be permitted to prescribe, dispense, or distribute naloxone to laypersons, third parties, and first responders.

For example, NIDA is funding research to improve access to medication - assisted therapies, develop new medications for opioid addiction, and expand access to naloxone by exploring more user - friendly delivery systems (for example, nasal sprays).

The report calls for expanding access to the overdose antidote naloxone to laypeople, and also says jurisdictions should explicitly authorize syringe exchange as well as their sale or distribution.

In June last year he vetoed a bill that would have expanded access to naloxone in the state, justifying his stance on the grounds that the drug «would make it easier for those with substance abuse problems to push themselves to the edge, or beyond».

Earlier this year, President Obama announced an initiative to increase access to effective medications for treating opioid addiction — specifically, buprenorphine and naloxone.

«It is important that anyone who may be around someone at risk for an opioid overdose have access to naloxone.»

It also called for engaging with states to expand access to naloxone, an overdose - reversal drug.