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3 days ago · Naloxone, one of two approved overdose reversal agents, is a key tool used by US health authorities for tackling the opioid epidemic. In California, the state government in April struck a deal ...
3 days ago · Naloxone has long been hailed as a life-saving drug in the face of the opioid epidemic. But its capacity to save someone from an overdose can be limited by the potency of the opioid — a person ...
3 days ago · It exerts its therapeutic effects by binding with high affinity to µ-opioid receptors in the brain, and is generally accepted to be about 100 times more potent than the natural opioid morphine 2.
1 day ago · Alberta’s Virtual Opioid Dependency Program – which offers patients same-day virtual assessment, a prescription for an opioid agonist therapy, and connections to physical clinics – should be ...
3 days ago · Naloxone, which is given as a nasal spray or injection, works by seizing opioid receptors, kicking out opioids and taking their place. (Naloxone has no addictive properties of its own.) The researchers found that the new compound — known for now as compound 368 — binds next to naloxone on opioid receptors and helpfully holds naloxone in place.
3 days ago · The settlement agreements say the funds must be used for “opioid abatement,” and provide a long list of approved uses, from increasing access to medication for opioid use disorder for incarcerated people to expanding treatment and recovery services for pregnant or postpartum women with substance use disorder, and flooding communities with free, easy-to-access naloxone, the overdose-reversing drug.
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3 days ago · “Make no mistake about our resolve: Confronting the devastation of the opioid epidemic requires that we work to hold accountable those bad actors who are responsible for it, which includes the ...
