¿Cómo usar el Narcan, el aerosol para revertir sobredosis?

Esta versión de la naloxona, el fármaco que bloquea el efecto de los opiáceos en el cerebro, puede salvar vidas. Este es el modo de usarlo correctamente.

F.D.A. Approves Narcan for Over-the-Counter Sales

The nasal spray reverses opioid overdoses and public health officials hope that making it more widely available could save lives and reduce the nation’s high rates of drug fatalities.

How to Use Narcan Nasal Spray

Narcan, a naloxone nasal spray, is now approved for over-the-counter sales and should be widely available by late summer. Experts say that these sprays can swiftly reverse an opioid overdose and are easy to use. Here’s how.

How to Use Narcan, the Overdose-Reversing Nasal Spray

The F.D.A.’s decision to allow the overdose-reversing nasal spray to be sold over the counter means it will become much more widely available.

How To Use Narcan to Save a Life

Narcan and other naloxone nasal sprays swiftly reverse an opioid overdose and are easy to use.

Over-the-Counter Narcan Could Save More Lives. But Price and Stigma Are Obstacles.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected this week to allow the overdose-reversal medication to be sold without a prescription, a step toward making it a common emergency tool.

The Adderall Shortage Reflects Bad Drug Policy

The D.E.A. is failing at its mission.

California’s Plan for Cheaper Insulin Collides With Big Pharma’s Price Cuts

The state awarded a $50 million contract to produce less costly treatments, but moves by major suppliers might undercut the initiative before any new product emerges.

Rising Rate of Drug Shortages Is Framed as a National Security Threat

A Senate homeland security committee examined growing health care shortages amid reports of rationing within hospitals.

Sanofi Plans to Cut the Price of Insulin

The company is the third of the three major insulin manufacturers that dominate the U.S. market to announce such a move this month.