San Diego County officials have terminated a major contract to distribute naloxone – a lifesaving overdose-reversal drug.

The Washington State Department of Health has launched an online tool to help residents quickly locate free naloxone, a ...

San Diego County has a cancelled a multimillion-dollar contract to distribute naloxone, a nasal spray that can reverse opioid ...

Washington's Department of Health launched a new online mapping tool today to help people access free naloxone, commonly ...

For some consumers, purchasing naloxone via prescription could remain cheaper than buying it over the counter. Many private health insurers — and public programs like Medicaid and Medicare ...

Lane County, Oregon, which received a suspicious letter, will provide naloxone kits and train elections staff on administering it. So will Lincoln County, Nevada, which did not get one.

Naloxone reverses an overdose for up to about 90 minutes, but opioids can stay in the system for longer, so it’s still important for the person to receive medical attention after receiving the drug.

Naloxone is an “ opioid antagonist,” according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which means it blocks chemicals in the opioid family (such as heroin, oxycodone, morphine and fentanyl ...

Colorado’s Opioid Antagonist Bulk Purchase Fund now lacks a recurring source of money — despite hundreds of millions of dollars in national opioid lawsuit settlement cash flowing into the state.

When Utah Naloxone was founded in 2015, Utah’s naloxone access law had already been in place for about a year. But Plumb said she and Sam still weren’t seeing the medication being supplied and ...

Naloxone is given in three ways: intravenously, injected into the muscle (think: an EpiPen style delivery) or a nasal spray. Individuals trained to administer naloxone can carry and give naloxone ...

Naloxone manufacturers have donated thousands of doses to communities and offer discounts to first responders, but the rising cost of the drug — combined with the rising need — has forced some ...