Sentences with phrase «opioid overdose antidote»

The Surgeon General recommends more Americans carry naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote.

Amphastar became yet another drug price - hiking villain facing intense public scrutiny when it raised the price of naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote, by more than 100 %.

FDA rejects Amphastar's intranasal opioid overdose antidote.

The White House report on the epidemic says that 142 Americans die of drug overdoses every day, and urges measures like federal legislation that would boost widespread adoption of naloxone, an opioid overdose antidote.

For instance, it encourages «model» federal legislation that would prop up the widespread and automatic adoption of «naloxone,» an opioid overdose antidote that an increasing number of police forces have adopted.

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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.

Deaths due to opioid overdose are in decline in the United States according to recent medical surveys with the overdose antidote naloxone (Narcan) credited as a main cause of this positive trend.

Establishment of the Dutchess County Opioid Overdose Prevention Program, personally training more than 500 law enforcement personnel and 200 community members in the use of the opioid antidote NOpioid Overdose Prevention Program, personally training more than 500 law enforcement personnel and 200 community members in the use of the opioid antidote Nopioid antidote Narcan;

Death from opioid overdose is preventable through timely administration of the antidote naloxone.

One way to reduce the nation's number of opioid - related deaths, said Northeastern University drug policy expert Leo Beletsky, is through the timely administration of naloxone, the life - saving overdose antidote.