Naloxone

especially fentanyl. In Cambridge, the core Galt area is mostly affected by this issue, as many used drug needles can be seen in the surroundings. There have been countless cases of fentanyl overdoses in Cambridge, and kits including a drug known as naloxone is being used to reverse the effects of opioids. There is currently debate surrounding the topic of establishing supervised and safe injection sites, and where they should be located. A possible solution to the issue is eliminating all…

related deaths nationwide. Ohio holds the record for the second-highest number of deaths caused by heroin overdose. That is nearly one death every three hours. These numbers could be much higher if it weren’t for in 2014 when the naloxone access law was passed. Naloxone (Narcan,) is an opiate antidote used to reverse the effects of opioids such as heroin. The law allows for medics and police to administer the drug to users who have overdosed on the scene. If 911 is not called in time the drug…

I. Attention Catcher: The number of fatalities related to opioid overdoses has become one, if not the number one, public health emergencies among Americans. II. Listener Relevance Link: Prescription opioid medication had undergone a huge transformation making it more difficult for people to obtain and physicians to prescribe opioid medications to combat pain. III. Thesis Statement: The opioid epidemic is a local, state, and national problem that has caused all areas of government to focus on…

“modern miracles,” it is now possible to be brought back after a life threatening opioid overdose. To be given a second chance is a miracle. One should not take advantage of this opportunity. Naloxone HCl is the miracle medicine that can bring you back and give you a second chance after a potential overdose. Naloxone was approved for treating overdoses by the Food and Drug administration in 1971 (Yardley, William). What really needs to happen is, less abuse of opiates, and therefore less use of…

members or friends of people who currently use opioids should have a basic understanding and instruction of treating opioid overdose since they might be the first responder to the emergency. Also, educating opioid users to carry antagonists such as naloxone when using opioids in order to prevent accidently overdose is…

The article Ottawa must act quickly on opioid crisis by Tara Gomes, illustrates the catastrophe caused by the substantial amounts of opioids that are being distributed within Canada. There are various issues surrounding the opioid battle, ranging from abuse of opioids, to policies which have been implemented with the intention to resolve this crisis. Society has yet to acknowledge the outcomes from the drug opioids, as a crisis. Preventable measures could have been taken before the problem of…

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2016), the number of overdose deaths involving opioids quadrupled from the year 2000 to 2014. Almost half a million people died during this time due to an opioid overdose. This breaks down to seventy eight Americans dying a day. The Center for Disease Control also reports, “Overdoses from prescription opioid pain relievers are a driving factor in the fifteen year increase in overdose deaths. Since, 1999, the amount of prescription opioids…

The purpose of this paper is to answer the following questions concerning the case study found in Drugs, Society and Human Behavior by Ray and Ksir (1996). Do we try to reduce the overall amount of drugs in society or to reduce the harm that drug use may inflict? What do you think the goal of drug policy should be? Is drug policy a moral issue: Is it simply wrong to allow the spread of drug use? Therefore, answering the essential questions, but also including other information to support my…

Naloxone Naloxone is something that not a lot of people have heard of until the past year. Naloxone is an opiate overdose reversal drug. With the heroin problem that the United States has right now it is making the naloxone usage rates hit an all time high. Naloxone is a drug that if given quick enough to somebody who suffers from an opiate overdose it will reverse the effects of the opiate, and could save a life. Police, paramedics, and many others are who have access to naloxone. Naloxone is…

A lifeless mother suffers a heroin overdose. She lays comatose amid the aisle of a Massachusetts Family Dollar, and the morose ululation of her daughter erupted upon social media, for a bystander recorded the distressing incident. A hopeful young man, one week following his rehabilitation discharge, died inside of his Colorado home, allegedly overdosing on a fatal sedative and opioid overdose. (The Opioid Crisis, Peter Katel). The heroin and opioid crisis continually fluctuates within the United…