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Carrying naloxone can be a literal lifesaver for someone experiencing an opioid overdose. Kentucky’s state government set up a website to help people find local providers.
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An Ohio-based drug distributor facing lawsuits linked to the opioid crisis is donating more than 80,000 doses of an overdose antidote for use by emergency…
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No one in Kentucky is more than one person removed from the opioid epidemic, according to state health officials meeting Monday with U.S. Surgeon General…
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The Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy has launched a new website that helps people find the locations of pharmacies that have naloxone – a medication…
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With the opioid crisis driving up overdose rates across the Ohio Valley, a once-obscure medication is becoming a household feature. Naloxone can reverse…
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A new Tennessee law allows authorized pharmacists to dispense the overdose antidote naloxone. Tennessee Health Commissioner John Dreyzehner says…
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Kentucky educators will be trained this week on how to administer a heroin antidote. The drug Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, is being made…
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Congress has sent a bill to the President tackling the opioid epidemic on multiple fronts after a 92-2 vote in the Senate Wednesday. The legislation could…
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Kentucky schools could provide another tool in the state’s fight against heroin. The pharmaceutical company AdaptPharma is donating the antidote Narcan,…
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A drug that reverses the effects of heroin and other opioid overdoses is now available without prescription at CVS Pharmacies in Tennessee. Tennessee…