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 ...

Even though fentanyl-linked fatal overdoses are soaring among young adults, a new survey of American college students found that just 1 in 7 knew how to administer the overdose antidote drug naloxone.

The camera pans across a living room. There are lines of drugs on a coffee table. Panicked voices are heard in the background. "We need an ambulance. My friend won't wake up," one of the people says ...

At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, three students stand behind a card table covered in naloxone injection kits. When a curious student leans in and asks what the kits are for, ...

Addressing overdoses from “street drugs” containing potent synthetic opioids poses a key challenge when utilizing opioid antagonists. A standard approach to known or suspected opioid overdose includes ...

Take-home naloxone kits for treating opioid overdoses should, where possible, offer intramuscular and intranasal formulations of the lifesaving drug, according to a new guidance. The document also ...

If you or someone you know takes opioid-based pain medications or has a history with heroin abuse, a naloxone kit in the home can save their life. In many cases, the overdose is an accident: A child ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — More than half of youth improved after receiving a dose of naloxone by emergency medical services (EMS) after an emergency dispatch call, according to research presented on September ...

The proper name for a narcotic is an opioid. Naloxone and naltrexone are two of the most commonly used opioid antagonists or narcotic reversal agents. Opioid antagonists can block and even reverse the ...