Saturday, April 7, 2018

Naloxone Stops Opioid Overdoses. How Do You Use It? - The New York Times

The United States surgeon general issued a rare national advisory on Thursday urging more Americans to carry naloxone, a drug used to revive people overdosing on opioids.

The last time a surgeon general issued such an urgent warning to the country was in 2005, when Richard H. Carmona advised women not to drink alcohol when pregnant.

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https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/06/us/naloxone-narcan-opioid-overdose.html