USA. Generic Opioid Overdose Antidote Treatment to be Available in 2019 An authorized generic for kaléo’s naloxone HCl injection (Evzio®) will be availabile midyear in 2019, and will come with a list price of $178 per carton…

Naloxone distribution and possession following a large-scale naloxone programme. Madah-Amiri, D., Gjersing, L., and Clausen, T. (2019)  Addiction, 114: 92–100., doi.org/10.1111/add.14425. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add…

The Emergency Department as an Opportunity for Naloxone Distribution. Gunn AH, Smothers ZPW, Schramm-Sapyta N, Freiermuth CE, MacEachern M, Muzyk AJ. West J Emerg Med. 2018 Nov;19(6):1036-1042. doi: 10.5811/westjem.2018.8.38829. Epub 2018 Sep 10…

"Once I'd done it once it was like writing your name": Lived experience of take-home naloxone administration by people who inject drugs. (Zusammenfassung) McAuley A, Munro A, Taylor A. Int J Drug Policy. 2018 Aug;58:46-54. doi: 10.1016/j.drugpo.20…

Schottland. National Naloxone Programme Scotland - Monitoring Report 2017/18 (Information Services Division - An Official Statistics publication for Scotland, 27.11.2018) http://www.isdscotland.org/Health-Topics/Drugs-and-Alcohol-Misuse/Publicatio…

USA. This drug saves Americans from opioid overdoses. Its price has been hiked 600 percent.  Amid the worst drug overdose crisis in US history, a life-saving drug’s price keeps going higher. (vox.com, USA, 19.11.2018) https://www.vox.co…