UK. Lifesaving antidote to be given to drug users as they leave custody West Midlands Police has begun offering people with Class A drug addictions a lifesaving overdose antidote as they are released from custody as part of our wider harm reduction…

NALtrain. 1. NALtrain Newsletter erschienen Der Newsletter des Bundesmodellprojekts NALtrain informiert alle Kooperationspartner*innen und alle Interessierten über den Projektverlauf, die bisher erreichten Meilensteine und Ziele. Wir freuen uns seh…

USA. FDA approves naloxone injection to counteract opioid overdoses Action: FDA has approved ZIMHI (naloxone hydrochloride) injection as an additional option to treat opioid overdose. ZIMHI is administered using a single-dose, prefilled syringe tha…

USA. Price for drug that reverses opioid overdoses soars amid record deaths Pfizer manufacturing problems leave nonprofits paying exorbitant prices for dwindling supplies of life-saving naloxone. (The Guardian, UK, 19.10.2021) https://www.theguard…

Design, synthesis, and preliminary evaluation of a potential synthetic opioid rescue agent.  Hedrick SL, Luo D, Kaska S, Niloy KK, Jackson K, Sarma R, Horn J, Baynard C, Leggas M, Butelman ER, Kreek MJ, Prisinzano TE.  J Biomed Sci. 2021…

Frequently asked questions about naloxone: Part 1.  Cid A, Patten A, Grindrod K, Beazely MA.  Can Pharm J (Ott). 2021 Aug 16;154(5):301-304. doi: 10.1177/17151635211034528. PMID: 34484479; PMCID: PMC8408911. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov…