Naloxone is an opioid-overdose antidote that if widely used could help stem the tide of the more than 130 Americans who die each day of drug overdoses. The drug has no potential for abuse and is harmless to those who are not experiencing an opioid overdose. Now the AMA is backing another solution to improve the antidote’s availability: naloxone boxes.
Read more at: https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/opioids/lifesaving-naloxone-should-be-available-almost-everywhere
Source: American Medical Association, June 11, 2019