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U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams has urged more Americans to carry the opioid overdose reversal treatment naloxone, known under brand names such as Narcan and Evzio. However, the drug and its delivery systems have become more expensive in recent years:
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. "The call to action is to recognize if you're at risk," he tells Morning Edition's Rachel Martin. "And if you or a loved one are at risk, keep within reach, know how to use naloxone."
[...] The medicine is now available at retail pharmacies in most states without a prescription. Between 2013 and 2015, researchers found a tenfold increase in naloxone sold by retail pharmacies in the U.S. But prices have increased along with demand. Naloxone-filled syringes that used to cost $6 apiece now cost $30 and up. A two-pack of naloxone nasal spray can cost $135 or more. And a two-pack of automatic naloxone injectors runs more than $3,700. And while it's true that naloxone can prevent many opioid-related deaths, it doesn't solve the root cause of the problem.
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(Score: 2, Troll) by looorg on Saturday April 07 2018, @03:25AM (7 children)
Is he some chill for the medical-industrial-complex? Yes please buy more of our products, that you might not need but someone else could possibly use it .. please spend $$$ on it.
Unless they are handing it out for free I don't really see why I would buy and carry an anti-opioid drug around. If I had to carry some general drug around I think I would be far more likely to carry Epinephrine.
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday April 07 2018, @03:37AM
I'd call him a shill with no chill; if he were really cool he'd be putting out a plan to bring the price down and the availability up, as well as plans to help addicts either recover, or die without violent conflicts with the rest of society.
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(Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday April 07 2018, @03:38AM
Not only he's chill, but he's so cool he's damned cold sale already
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 07 2018, @03:39AM (2 children)
TBH, I think it depends a great deal on where you are, what you do for a living and how much money you have.
If you're living in a part of the country which is particularly hard hit, or you work someplace where you encounter heroine users it may be worth doing. But, I rarely encounter anybody that is on anything noticeable, so me buying the kit would likely just be a waste of money. But, if I worked somewhere that was near drug users, I would probably consider getting them. I've had chemical dependency issues and society views addicts as being subhumans that aren't deserving of proper care and treatment.
(Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 07 2018, @03:49AM
Frojack is not society, you are.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday April 08 2018, @02:47AM
Society doesn't see them as subhuman. People just want to cut their losses.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 07 2018, @03:46AM
I don't even carry water around, despite how often folks beg me for random things.
Do I have any food? Nope.
Got a light? Sorry no.
Spare change? Hell no, man, but I could sure use some spare change.
The way I figure, water fountains are free, and water is essential for life, so if naloxone is so important then it should be included in first aid kits, and whoever stocks the first aid should pay for it.
(Score: 4, Interesting) by stretch611 on Saturday April 07 2018, @06:08AM
Exactly. When the drug companies that are profiting off of opioids start paying for every single does of this... only then will I consider it. In fact our firemen/paramedics/hospitals/policemen that are using this stuff should be sending those opiod companies the bill.
Now with 5 covid vaccine shots/boosters altering my DNA :P