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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...escribing-naloxone-with-opioids-idUSKBN1OH2CA
(Reuters) - An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended prescribing the opioid overdose reversal drug, naloxone, along with addictive painkilllers.
The panel, which concluded a two-day discussion on ways to make the potentially life-saving drug readily available, voted 12-11 in favor of labeling changes for opioids that recommend co-prescribing the overdose antidote.
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What a great idea! Suddenly the light bulbs over their heads must have suddenly gone on for them to come up with such a common sense idea.
The problem with naloxone (aka NARCAN) is that many of the designer opioids liked fentanyl & carfentanyl are so powerful you will be on your way to meet St. Peter before you can reach for it. I've read that people into partying with designer opioids have a 'designated driver' system where the person with the NARCAN stays sober while the others get high. He or she is their safety person in case of an OD.
(Reuters) - An advisory panel to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended prescribing the opioid overdose reversal drug, naloxone, along with addictive painkilllers.
The panel, which concluded a two-day discussion on ways to make the potentially life-saving drug readily available, voted 12-11 in favor of labeling changes for opioids that recommend co-prescribing the overdose antidote.
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What a great idea! Suddenly the light bulbs over their heads must have suddenly gone on for them to come up with such a common sense idea.
The problem with naloxone (aka NARCAN) is that many of the designer opioids liked fentanyl & carfentanyl are so powerful you will be on your way to meet St. Peter before you can reach for it. I've read that people into partying with designer opioids have a 'designated driver' system where the person with the NARCAN stays sober while the others get high. He or she is their safety person in case of an OD.