Posted on 02/15/2023 7:10:31 PM PST by Olog-hai
The overdose-reversing drug naloxone should be made available over the counter to aid the national response to the opioid crisis, U.S. health advisers said Wednesday.
The panel of Food and Drug Administration experts voted unanimously in favor of the switch after a full day of presentations and discussions centered on whether untrained users would be able to safely and effectively use the nasal spray in emergency situations.
The positive vote, which is not binding, came despite concerns from some panel members about the drug’s instructions and packaging, which caused confusion among some people in a company study. The manufacturer, Emergent Biosolutions, said it would revise the packaging and labeling to address those concerns. The FDA will make a final decision on the drug in coming weeks. […]
Narcan is already available without a prescription in all 50 states, where state leaders have issued standing orders for pharmacists to sell the drug to anyone who asks for it. But not all pharmacies carry it and those that do must keep it behind the counter. Also, the stigma of opioids can discourage people from asking for the drug. …
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ivermectin from machines?...anyone going to Mexico?
They’ll steal this off the shelves like they steal other otc meds in bulk
My daughter added Narcan to her EDC bag. She got it for free from some on-line pharmacy!
A nice, new apartment building about 4 miles from our house had a large emergency response. Turned out to be a party in one of the apartments and a bunch of people passed out or whatever from drugs. The photo showed about 10 firetrucks, aid cars, etc.
It’s getting real bad out there when you can’t even trust your drug dealer to give you “the good stuff”.
“are like zombie movies”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sp0nZAGtXz0
Above is a report on the new trend of mixing horse tranquilizer with fentynal.
“Turning them into real-life zombies including rotting flesh”.
“Narcan is expensive now..”
I got 4 doses free for the asking. It’s in my medical preps.
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Good, I don’t see a downside.
No. Let Darwin prevail. I’m serious.
My local news says everyone should carry a pen in case you get a chance to save someone who has OD’d.🙄
Absolutely agree.
Actually tons of fentanyl are coming into the country. Expect to see people poisoned leftist extremists. The domestic terrorism war continues.
A few months ago I was prescribed some hydrocodone following oral surgery. The pharmacy wanted to include a dose of Narcan when I filled the prescription. Ended up not needing the pain pills, but I kept them in case I drop a cinder block on my foot, or something.
I see.
Might save someone who has been poisoned by a marxist.
Might get one.
There’s an outfit here in Illinois that’s giving the stuff away. Fill out a web form and a few days later 4 doses with syringes landed in my mailbox. Am I ever going to need it? Highly unlikely.
But if I ever do need it I will really, really, really need it.
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Please share the source and what state. Thx
Oh, now, that would require securing the border which would make it hard for all those undocumented democrats to get in...
In Chicago you can get it at any public library along with many other City and County buildings. Just do a search for “free narcan”. It appears the source I got it from originally no longer exists as government has once again stuck its nose in.
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Bureaucrats are telling your doctor how to treat pain. And patients suffer needlessly.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2023/02/16/fear-opioids-causing-patients-needlessly-suffer-severe-pain/11254143002/
Dubai’s healthcare is subsidized because they’ve got more money than God. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that pretty much every country in the world is subsidized in some form or another. Look around you, about half the people in the US have their health care subsidized. The difference is that in the US the rest of us get raped to pay for it after the money gets run through insurers, drug makers, and politicians pockets with them taking their skim off the top. When you ask what I want, what I want is to stop getting raped by the giant scam we call health care in the US.
Have you ever been to Dubai? I spend a lot of time there. The health care is excellent there (because they’ve got a lot of money) and in general you’d be better off getting sick there than most places in the US.
“Most drugs should be over the counter or at least available without a prescription.”
That’s one of my pet peeves. When I was about 30 years old I started bodybuilding. I wanted to take steroids. I was an adult, and informed. I also trained with a medical doctor who used steroids. But to get them involved dealing with, well, drug dealers, and that was beyond my level of acceptable behavior. As a mentally competent adult, who’s business is it if I want to walk into a drug store and buy steroids, or anti-bacterial eye drops, or just about any other medication? It’s all about control and profit.
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