Two advisory committees to the US Food and Drug Administration have voted unanimously to recommend that a nasal spray version of the opioid overdose antidote, naloxone (also called Narcan), be ...

While at college, an organization called End Overdose came to her campus, giving out naloxone, a medication that reverses opioid overdoses. Naloxone is best known by the brand name Narcan ...

What Are Naloxone and Naltrexone? Naloxone is a drug that can temporarily reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Anyone can give this very fast-acting medication, as a shot or nasal spray.

In an attempt to make naloxone more accessible amid the massive human toll of the opioid crisis, the FDA recently approved over-the-counter naloxone. Naloxone is the one solution that has remained ...

The life-saving substance? Naloxone – a nasal spray also sold under the brand name Narcan — that works to reverse the effects of opioids. Most often it's used to combat fentanyl, a drug that ...

Opioids are present in around 60% of drug-induced deaths in Australia. A medicine called naloxone is available for Australians to take home in case of opioid overdose. Here’s how it works ...