Thursday, April 5, 2018

Surgeon General Urges More Americans To Carry Opioid Antidote

Surgeon General Urges More Americans To Carry Opioid Antidote
April 5, 201812:01 AM ET

Heard on Morning Edition 
As opioid-related deaths have continued to climb, naloxone, a drug that can reverse overdoses, has become an important part of the public health response.

When people overdosing struggle to breathe, naloxone can restore normal breathing and save their lives. But the drug has to be given quickly.

On Thursday, U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams issued an advisory that encouraged more people to routinely carry naloxone.


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