Naloxone, the drug administered using Narcan nasal spray, can reverse opioid-related overdoses, according to Gabby Buttry, alcohol and other drug prevention coordinator at the UGA University ...

The RUMC staff who will conduct the trainings are from the hospital’s Silberstein Clinic, and Center for Young Adults, which ...

Included in a draft budget for a massive reorganization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is a proposal that makes the Evansville Recovery Alliance nervous.

Arkansans who go through a brief training can get free naloxone, the lifesaving drug used to treat opioid overdose.

Additionally, the money supports training first responders on how to use Naloxone and other opioid overdose medications. Naloxone (also known by the brand name Narcan) prevents opioid overdoses by ...

Narcan is also readily available, often given out for free at police stations, fire stations or even at the St. Tammany ...

Bismarck-Burleigh Public Health (BBPH) and Heartview are providing a free Narcan training. It’ll take place on May 14 at 6:30 ...

Nearly 80,000 people a year die from an opioid-related overdose, according to the CDC. Knapp and Staple indicated that the ...

“So, it’s really critical to educate,” he said. Both virtual and in-person training modules have been in use to raise awareness and teach people how to administer Narcan. A recent study showed that ...

Medetomidine, which is used to sedate pets and is somewhat similar to xylazine, was first detected in illegally manufactured ...