| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Naloxon
USA. New weapon in war against opioids: An implanted device that automatically releases lifesaving naloxone
USA. New weapon in war against opioids: An implanted device that automatically releases lifesaving naloxone
An opioid overdose can be a lonely death. People who use drugs often do so in private, and should they get a dose stronger than they can tolerate, no one will be there to save them with the overdose-reversing medication naloxone.
But now, a researcher at Northwestern University is developing a technological fix to that lethal conundrum. (MedicalXpress, USA, 05.12.2019)
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-12-weapon-war-opioids-implanted-device.html