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Weekly Dose: Naloxone, how to save a life from opioid overdose

Guest Author 01/09/2016

Walgreens pharmacist with naloxone — A US pharmacist with naloxone kit. Image: Walgreens

Weekly Dose: Naloxone, how to save a life from opioid overdoseSuzanne Nielsen, UNSW Australia and Simon Lenton, Curtin UniversityNaloxone is an opioid antagonist, used as an “antidote” for opioid overdose which includes heroin, and opioid pain medicines such as morphine, fentanyl and codeine. It has been used since the 1970s by ambulance services and hospital

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