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| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Legal

USA. As opioid crisis rages, cost of overdose antidote spikes

USA. As opioid crisis rages, cost of overdose antidote spikes

As the opioid epidemic continues to kill tens of thousands of Americans each year, the drug naloxone has proved invaluable in preventing overdose-related deaths. Yet a spike in its cost in recent years has constrained access to naloxone, potentially depriving health care professionals, emergency responders and families of a critical treatment than can save lives. (CBS-News, Money Watch, USA, 14.08.2018)

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/as-opioids-kill-more-americans-cost-of-overdose-antidote-spikes/