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

  • Written by Suzanne Nielsen, Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Australia
imageNaloxone has been made available over the counter from a pharmacist so loved-ones of drug users can have it on hand in the event of an overdose.from www.shutterstock.com.au

Naloxone is an opioid antagonist, used as an “antidote” for opioid overdose which includes heroin, and opioid pain medicines such as morphine, fentanyl and codeine....

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