More New Yorkers received scripts for buprenorphine, a med used to treat opioid addiction, amid fight against record-high ...

Naloxone is a fantastic tool in reducing opioid deaths, but gentler versions would be helpful for fighting overdose ...

a drug that reverses opioid withdrawal symptoms without providing the same type of "high" to the user or the risk of another overdose. Paramedics in New York currently are prohibited by law ...

A University of the Pacific team has developed a single-dose injection to counter the effects of fentanyl and other opioid ...

Naloxone displaces the opioid from the brain receptors, which stops the effects of the overdose for sixty to ninety minutes. This allows time for a hospital to intervene.

Fentanyl produces characteristic opioid overdose signs and symptoms including decreased level of consciousness, slowed breathing, lack of response to stimulation, and constricted pupils.

Buprenorphine alleviates opioid withdrawal symptoms like vomiting and anxiety, as well as cravings, to reduce the chances of an overdose. Naloxone:Hundreds of civilians used Narcan to save ...