| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Naloxon
USA. Help save lives: Co-prescribe naloxone to patients at risk of overdose
Naloxone saves lives
The nation’s opioid epidemic claimed more than 33,000 lives in 2015, but that figure would have been even higher if it wasn’t for the life-saving opioid overdose antidote naloxone.
For more than 40 years, naloxone has been used to reverse the effects of opioid overdose. (AMA – American Medical Association, Opioid Task Force, August 2017)