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Krystalle Swasey
Gustavo Ibarra
9 April 2017
Naloxone
overdose. It does this by binding to the opioid receptors and stopping the
effects of the opioid. The person who is overdosing has either had their heart
slowed down to unsafe levels or either stopped completely along with their
Naloxone is a new life saving drug that has saved many peoples life
route, which requires professional training because the lifesaving drug comes
intranasal route, but this method is not the first choice by first responders
delivered using an auto injectable like Evzio, which is a prefilled device that
talks the first responders how to administer the medication step by step. The
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person receiving Naloxone will be injected with Evzio into the outer thigh
with the exact amount needed to reverse the effects. The last way to deliver
prefilled and sprayed into the users nasal cavity while they are laying on
their back. Both Evzio and Narcan come with 2 doses just in case the first
from the National Institute on Drug Abuse shows that deaths from opioid
drug overdoses in the US has more than tripled from 2001 to 2013, from just
cause an overdose if taken in excess amounts because they are all opioid
derivatives.
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Good candidates for naloxone are people who take high doses of opioid
medication for long term chronic pain, receive rotating opioid medication
regimens, those who have been discharged for opioid poisoning, those taking
South Carolina, and Tennessee. This product is said to have cost about $40-
Naloxone over the counter in some states, the hope is that it will be more
readily available to people who may have the potential to overdose on opioid
medications. (Preusz)
the public because of the increase deaths from opioids throughout the US.
This is a great tool for many first responders to have because they are often
the first ones, other than family members, to find a person who as
overdosed. Before Naloxone there was not a way to reverse the effects of an
opioid overdose, but now people are getting a second chance at life.
Even though this new drug is saving lives, there is some controversy
about whether it is safe and the potential for users to mindlessly overdose on
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there that can save their lives now, unlike before. I understand peoples view
of whether this new drug will just cause addicts to use more drugs because
they no longer need to be afraid of the consequences, but I do not think this
effective with no potential for abuse. I think this drug is a necessity to have
year, and overdose deaths from prescription opiate analgesics have risen
rapidly to more than 10,000 yearly (Bazazi). The other part of this
controversial issue of people using more and more drugs mindlessly because
they know there is a drug that can save their life. I do not think this is a true
statement because the people who are already using these types of drugs
are going to continue doing so no matter what new drug comes out or no
matter what anyone says. Naloxone is out there for one thing only and that is
peoples life who otherwise wouldnt be here today and I think that is an
Naloxone does not have to be used because ultimately prevention is the best
medication overall. Some of the actions that can be done now are things like
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interventions, to show the user how harmful these drugs are to the body and
let them know that if they want to quit, they have your support and
with the HIV problem that comes with abusing injectable drugs like heroin.
in the first place. Another thing that can be done is providing the user and
the family, or those around the user, about how to use Naloxone in case of
have on the market because it is saving peoples lives. I do not think having
Naloxone available is giving the wrong message to users because there are
ultimately going to do whatever they want, but having this drug just in case
drug related issues like addiction before they get this far, but I understand
the issues with addiction are hard to fix cannot be done overnight. I hope for
many people out there that they do not have to use this medication, but I am
glad that it is available for the people who find themselves in a horrible
situation of an overdose.
Work Cited
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3008773/. Accessed 8
Mar.2017.
Abuse (NIDA), 26
Sept.2016,www.drugabuse.gov/relatedtopics/naloxone.
www.theaddictionadvisor.com/naloxone- opioidantidote-available-without-
assisted- treatment/treatment/naloxone.
https://medlineplus.gov/druginfo/meds/a612022.html.