Emergency Department Take-Home Naloxone Improves Access Compared with Pharmacy-Dispensed Naloxone.  Hardin J, Seltzer J, Galust H, Deguzman A, Campbell I, Friedman N, Wardi G, Clark RF, Lasoff D.  J Emerg Med. 2024 Apr;66(4):e457-e462. d…

Schottland. Life-saving overdose app which sends alerts to Naloxone carriers set to be launched in Scotland NaloFly uses GPS technology to call 999 while searching for the nearest registered naloxone carrier in the event of a suspected opioid overd…

Evaluating the rate of reversal of fentanyl-induced respiratory depression using a novel long-acting naloxone nanoparticle, cNLX-NP.  Averick SE, Kassick AJ, Song D, Zhang B, Vigliaturo J, Luengas D, Silva-Ortiz P, Pravetoni M, Raleigh MD.&nbs…

Fact vs. fiction: naloxone in the treatment of opioid-induced respiratory depression in the current era of synthetic opioids.  Dahan A, Franko TS, Carroll JW, Craig DS, Crow C, Galinkin JL, Garrity JC, Peterson J, Rausch DB.  Front Publi…

Are carfentanil and acrylfentanyl naloxone resistant?  Feasel MG, Moran TS, Cheng BC, Averick S.  Front Psychiatry. 2024 Feb 20;15:1359851. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2024.1359851. PMID: 38445085; PMCID: PMC10912486. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.go…

USA. Spokane Eyes Involuntary Treatment for Anyone Revived With Naloxone The City Council of Spokane, Washington, has proposed that being administered naloxone should be automatic grounds for mandatory treatment. If adopted, the request to the stat…