https://nyti.ms/2GFfh7J What Is Narcan and How Does It Stop Opioid Overdoses? ImageA kit containing naloxone, the opioid overdose antidote that the surgeon general is advising more Americans to keep nearby.CreditHiroko Masuike/The New York Times By Elizabeth Dias and Annie Correal April 6, 2018 The United States surgeon general issued a…
The Opioid Epidemic I, Surgeon General of the United States Public Health Service, VADM Jerome Adams, am emphasizing the importance of the overdose-reversing drug naloxone. For patients currently taking high doses of opioids as prescribed for pain, individuals misusing prescription opioids, individuals using illicit opioids such as heroin or fentanyl,…
