Production issues with Pfizer’s injectable version of naloxone, a lifesaving overdose reversal drug, has caused a shortage of the drug, affecting healthcare providers across the country, The Boston ...

With opioid overdose reversal medication naloxone available over-the-counter, many people — drug-users and non-users alike — carry it on-hand in case the need arises. However, if called upon to save a ...

In a proof-of-concept study published in Nano Letters, a team of researchers created injectable nanoparticles that, in response to blue light, released naloxone. This mechanism was triggered one month ...

Naloxone, sold under the brand name Narcan, offers an over-the-counter medication that rapidly reverses the effects of opioid overdoses. Despite efforts to make it more widely available, high prices ...

Overdose deaths are a widespread problem North Carolinians have been struggling to combat in recent years. According to the state health department, American Indian/Indigenous and Black communities ...

Medicare beneficiaries are not getting adequate support and treatment for opioid use disorder, the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) declared in an annual report on Thursday. In the report ...

The FDA approved the first nalmefene hydrochloride auto-injector (Zurnai) for use as an emergency treatment for opioid overdose in adults and children 12 years of age and older, the agency announced ...

Emergency physician David K. Tan, M.D. observes as St. Louis County Police Officer Kathy Poncin practice administering Narcan on Thursday, Feb. 18. St. Louis County police officers are being equipped ...

Another wave of heavy rain smacks western Washington this week, coupled with strong winds adding concern for potential power outages. by Joel Moreno, KOMO News Reporter SEATTLE — Overcoming the grip ...

PHOENIX — A new vending machine in Phoenix won’t give you snacks or candy, but it could save lives. Valle del Sol unveiled a Narcan vending machine stocked full of opioid reversal medication. Anyone ...