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 ...

As overdose deaths continue to climb across Florida, a local treatment center is turning to a relatively new overdose reversal device to help save lives. It's called ZIMHI, an injectable emergency ...

Veterans could get free naloxone at VA clinics without a prescription under a bipartisan bill targeting overdose prevention.

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A shortage of injectable naloxone and other systemic issues have left harm reduction advocates struggling to help prevent overdose deaths. Reading time 8 minutes Advocates say that community-run ...

On March 29, 2023, the FDA approved Narcan, a brand name of naloxone nasal spray used to immediately treat those experiencing an opioid overdose, for over-the-counter sale. The decision was made in an ...

Over the past 20 years, opioid-related deaths rose 850% in the United States, reflecting the surge in addictions to narcotic painkillers and the influx of fentanyl and other potent synthetic opioids.

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 ...

LONDON, Oct. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (Hikma), the multinational pharmaceutical company, announces it has donated 50,000 vials of Naloxone HCl Injection, USP – a treatment ...

Emergent BioSolutions said Tuesday that the FDA will decide whether to approve its OTC nasal spray by late March 2023. Reading time 3 minutes An over-the-counter nasal spray meant to prevent fatal ...