Higher doses of naloxone are needed in the synthetic opiod era Ronald B. Moss and Dennis J. Carlo Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 2019, 14:6, doi.org/10.1186/s13011-019-0195-4 https://substanceabusepoli…

USA. FDA may recommend overdose reversal drug alongside opioid prescriptions In a growing number of states, patients who get opioids for serious pain may leave their doctors' offices with a second prescription -- for naloxone, a drug that can save…

Pharmacokinetics of a novel, approved, 1.4 mg intranasal naloxone formulation for reversal of opioid overdose - a randomised controlled trial. Skulberg AK, Åsberg A, Khiabani HZ, Røstad H, Tylleskar I, Dale O. Addiction. 2019 Jan 14. doi: 10.1111/…

Take-home naloxone: a life saver in opioid overdose The Lancet , Volume 393 , Issue 10169 , 296  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(19)30153-9/fulltext

Scotland's National Naloxone Programme Bird, Sheila M et al. The Lancet , Volume 393 , Issue 10169 , 316 - 318  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(18)33065-4/fulltext

USA. FDA Takes Step to Allow Drug Companies to Sell Naloxone Without Prescription USA. FDA Takes Step to Allow Drug ComThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has taken a step to make it easier for companies that make the opioid overdose antido…