With opioid overdoses surging, harm-reduction groups are calling on the FDA to change naloxone's prescription-only status. This would make it easier to get the lifesaving drug to people at risk.
Narcan is the life-saving medication that can prevent death after an opioid overdose. Those deaths climbed 36% in Georgia during the first year of the pandemic, with rural communities hit harder than more urban areas.
If you're going to a bar or concert, you may be able to get help to save your friends from an opioid overdose. Grassroots efforts across the state are educating communities on reversing overdoses with widely available naloxone kits.
Social distancing and quarantining may help slow the spread of COVID-19, but the isolation is hurting those with opioid use disorder, addiction experts...
New Jersey police detective Eric Price came in contact with fentanyl while doing his job. “I felt like my body was shutting down,” Price said. “People...
