Abi Rutgerson says she’s lucky to be alive, after a fentanyl overdose in May. “I started to feel high. All of a sudden, boom, I’m waking up in the hospital, panicked, like what’s going on,” the ...

But now comes a moment of truth for the overdose-reversal medication: Will increased access help to save lives? And more immediately, can everyone who wants to buy naloxone at a pharmacy afford it? In ...

WASHINGTON — Since NARCAN (naloxone) has been approved for over-the-counter sales, people continue to ask us about the medication that can save the life of someone overdosing on opioids. Our VERIFY ...

People receiving a double dose of naloxone are no more likely to survive an opioid overdose than people receiving a standard, 4-milligram nasal spray, according to a new study. The new paper, ...

Naloxone and Naltrexone sound alike, look alike chemically, and are both used to counter the misuse of opioids. But pharmacologically, they're strikingly different. This is why the two drugs are used ...

The Wake County school board approved Tuesday a new policy outlining how schools can deploy life-saving opioid overdose-reversal medicine. The school board will now seek a way to fund storing naloxone ...

Two advisory committees to the US Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously to recommend that a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote, naloxone (also called Narcan), be made ...

Garfield County Public Health will now distribute free naloxone to those in need at both its Glenwood Springs and Rifle locations. Glenwood Springs location: 2014 Blake St. Rifle location: 195 14th St ...

DENVER (KDVR) — Vending machines with free naloxone kits are now located outside three Denver police stations. The following three locations were chosen based on reported overdose data compiled by The ...

PRINCETON – Places offering free opportunities to save friends and loved ones from opioid overdose deaths are appearing across the region this Thursday for Save a Life Day. Save a Life Day focuses on ...