Do you or does someone you know have a pain pill prescription? Did naloxone come with the prescription? More Ohioans can expect to discuss that option as a result of a new rule for doctors.

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2011;68(15):1419-1425. The short duration of activity of naloxone when the drug is administered as an i.v. bolus may limit its effectiveness for the management of OIP.

Cardiac arrest from opioid overdoses is usually secondary to respiratory arrest. Naloxone reverses narcotic overdoses by binding to opioid receptors, which blocks stimulation from the opioid ...