A novel compound strongly improves the efficacy of naloxone, the substance used to reverse overdoses of morphine, fentanyl and other opioid drugs. When administered to mice along with naloxone, it ...

Police offers have used naloxone more than 1,200 times to reverse opioid overdoses. But as drug deaths rise, two police forces hold out.

However, naloxone can trigger sudden opioid withdrawal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting for racing heart. Naloxone works for all opioids, including the stronger ones such as fentanyl.

A Lacey firefighter used naloxone to save a puppy exposed to fentanyl at the Nisqually Reservation Tuesday morning and left the puppy with Nisqually police.