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    Naloxone is an opioid antagonist: a medication used to reverse or reduce the effects of opioids. For example, it is used to restore breathing after an...
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    Buprenorphine/naloxone, sold under the brand name Suboxone among others, is a fixed-dose combination medication that includes buprenorphine and naloxone. It is...
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    Oxycodone/naloxone, sold under the brand name Targin among others, is a combination pain medication. It is available as modified-release tablets and is...
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    (+)-Naloxone (dextro-naloxone) is a drug which is the opposite enantiomer of the opioid antagonist drug (−)-naloxone. Unlike (−)-naloxone, (+)-naloxone has...
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    Tianeptine/naloxone (developmental code names TNX-601, TNX-601-CR, TNX-601-ER), or naloxone/tianeptine, is an extended-release combination of tianeptine...
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    the risk of hypoxia. Naloxone is then recommended to those who cannot reverse the opioid's effects through breathing. Giving naloxone via nasal administration...
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    buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) is usually prescribed to discourage misuse by injection. However, more recently the efficacy of naloxone in preventing...
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    of naloxone and training on its utilization are estimated to have prevented 10,000 opioid overdose deaths. Healthcare institution-based naloxone prescription...
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  • take-home naloxone program is a governmental program that provides naloxone drug kits to those that are at risk of an opioid overdose. Naloxone is a medication...
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    medical use in 1964. Usually, in its oral formulations, it is combined with naloxone so as to prevent people from crushing the tablets, dissolving them in a...
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    available in a fixed combination with naloxone for oral administration (Valoron N and generics); the mixture of naloxone is claimed to lower the abuse liability...
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    also be useful to prevent relapse. Naloxone is useful for treating an opioid overdose and giving those at risk naloxone to take home is beneficial. This...
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  • effects were observed in Nav1.7 null mice treated with naloxone. As such, opioid antagonists like naloxone and naltrexone may be effective in treating the condition...
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    products are also available with paracetamol (acetaminophen), ibuprofen, naloxone, naltrexone, and aspirin. Common side effects include euphoria, constipation...
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    IV), flumazenil (0.2 mg IV), naloxone (2 mg IV), and thiamine (100 mg IV). It has been suggested that the use of naloxone and flumazenil be administered...
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  • spray, though other forms of naloxone are administered intravenously. For example, the FDA has approved Evzio as a naloxone auto-injector, which includes...
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    such as hydrocodone, oxycodone, and fentanyl; antagonist drugs such as naloxone; and endogenous peptides such as endorphins. The terms opiate and narcotic...
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    long-term remission rates were similar to those seen in clinical buprenorphine/naloxone administration. The consequence of relapse when weighing the best course...
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    general, Levine signed an order allowing law enforcement officers to carry naloxone. In July 2017, Governor Wolf appointed Levine as Secretary of Health, and...
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  • closely related to naloxone. It exists in two isomeric forms, α-naloxol and β-naloxol. α-naloxol is a human metabolite of naloxone. Synthetically, α-naloxol...
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    [dead link‍] Naloxone is a drug used to counter an overdose from the effect of opioids; for example, a heroin or morphine overdose. Naloxone displaces the...
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  • are frequently used in the hospital setting and these are naloxone and flumazenil. Naloxone is an opioid antagonist and reverses the central nervous depressive...
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    carfentanil, including overdose, can be reversed by the opioid antagonists naloxone and naltrexone, though higher doses than usual may be necessary compared...
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    receptor antagonist that acts on one or more of the opioid receptors. Naloxone and naltrexone are commonly used opioid antagonist drugs which are competitive...
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    buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. A heroin overdose may be treated with naloxone. As of 2015, an estimated 17 million people use opiates, of which heroin...
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    case study suggests that the antidote to dextromethorphan overdose is naloxone, administered intravenously. In addition to producing PCP-like mental effects...
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    cocaine and heroin) can synergistically exacerbate fentanyl's side effects. Naloxone (also known as Narcan) can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose, but...
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  • carfentanil. Reversing a gray death overdose may require multiple doses of naloxone. By contrast, an overdose from morphine or from high-purity heroin would...
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    hydrocodone, hydromorphone, oxycodone and oxymorphone, and the opioid antagonist naloxone. The physiological behavior of morphinans (naturally occurring and semi-synthetic...
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    pentazocine/tripelennamine ("T's and blues") after the pharmaceutical industry added naloxone to its constitutent drugs, effectively blocking their potential for abuse...
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