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A Lacey firefighter saved a puppy exposed to fentanyl by giving it naloxone at the Nisqually Reservation Tuesday morning.
The paramedic, who has administered Narcan to people, decided to give the 6-month-old Chiweenie mix puppy what Craig referred ...
Two Vacaville police officers were treated with naloxone and taken to an area hospital Tuesday night after they showed signs ...
Narcan, meanwhile, is another name for naloxone, an opioid antagonist that works rapidly to reverse an overdose by attaching to opioid receptors and reversing and blocking the effects of other opioids ...
Initial vending machine sites are six businesses, mostly in North County, and the county health department's three health ...
Pet owners have been left horrified after their puppy began acting strange after a walk, only for his owner to be told he had likely ingested opiates. Daniela, 34, lives in Cincinnati with her ...
A draft HHS budget proposal would cut funding for a crucial program that equips first responders with the opioid antagonist.
Among those tools is naloxone, a medication that can reverse an opioid overdose when administered promptly. It’s not a cure for addiction, and it shouldn’t be treated as such.
The puppy who chewed off the face of a Queens baby girl who had just died in her parents bed was going to be trained as a service dog for the baby’s non-verbal autistic stepbrother, the ...
Nashville got its first free naloxone vending machine in mid-April, with the project’s leaders anticipating having to refill it about once per month. During the machine’s first weeks, the ...
Local News Californians can now buy opioid overdose reversing drugs online from the state Naloxone, also known as Narcan, is available for $24, nearly half the market rate price.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — A Lacey paramedic revived an unconscious puppy, possibly exposed to fentanyl, with Narcan Tuesday. “This is a first,” said Lacey Fire District 3 Lt. Bryce Craig, who has worked as a ...