Smiddy, who does naloxone trainings in San Diego, said some people who use drugs prefer the injectable version because it is less likely to abruptly put people into withdrawal. But “laypeople ...

There are some circumstances in which injectable naloxone is preferable to the nasal spray. For example, Dasgupta told me about a mother who found her son unconscious on the ground from an overdose.

A new study found that almost all plans in 40 states and Washington, DC covered at least one form of the opioid overdose ...

These regulations no longer apply to naloxone nasal spray with the FDA’s over-the-counter approval, but injectable forms of naloxone are still required to be dispensed by a pharmacist in some way.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid ...

Most Medicaid managed care plans in 40 states and D.C. now cover naloxone, the opioid overdose reversal drug, though access ...

The Salvation Army urges public access to emergency drug-reversal kits as fatalities soar and awareness remains dangerously ...

To help fight the opioid epidemic, Newton County Sheriff’s Office has the first Naloxone vending machine in a Georgia law ...

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser is providing a major financial solution to a program that supplies opioid reversal ...

On March 29, 2023, the FDA approved Narcan, a brand name of naloxone nasal spray used to immediately treat those experiencing an opioid overdose, for over-the-counter sale. The decision was made ...

On March 29, 2023, the FDA approved Narcan, a brand name of naloxone nasal spray used to immediately treat those experiencing an opioid overdose, for over-the-counter sale. The decision was made ...