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Intranasal naloxone is used to treat patients with respiratory and central nervous system depression that is known or suspected to be caused by an opioid overdose. Opioid overdose should be suspected ...

Opioid overdoses are on the rise among older adults, with a 300% increase in opioid overdose deaths among adults 65 years of age and older since the year 2000. Narcan (Naloxone) is a life-saving agent ...

It is well known that opioid overdoses have occurred at epidemic levels in the United States for years. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), opioid overdose deaths ...

The Jefferson City Salvation Army, partnering with United Way of Central Missouri, will hold a training day to help educate non-profit organizations about the usage of Narcan. Participants will learn ...

Since 1999, more than 760,000 people in the United States have fatally overdosed on drugs, the majority of which have been opioids like codeine, heroin, and, more recently, fentanyl, a powerful ...