Councilor salutes drug prevention efforts in Weymouth Oct 14, 2009
Kay pointed out that the recent opiate overdose prevention training seminars brought out scores of residents who learned how to prevent someone from overdosing on an opiate substance by administering nasal narcan. We had two workshops to certify people to administer nasal narcan that were full, Kay said. (Weymouth News, MA)
Locked drug center in Bridgewater to stay open for now Oct 7, 2009
Narcan, used in some of the nonfatal overdose cases reported to police, is now being distributed in the area as part of the effort to reduce heroin overdose deaths ... So far this year, more than 340 two-dose kits of nasal Narcan have been distributed through Brockton Area Multi Services Inc., or BAMSI, as part of the prevention plan ... So far, 15 overdose reversals have been documented in the city since February six of those since July alone thanks to the Narcan kits. (Allston Brighton TAB, MA)
BREAKING NEWS:Melrose man dead, girlfriend hospitalized in drug overdose Aug 8, 2009
After paramedics administered Narcan, a narcotic antagonist, the man was revived and was transported to Melrose-Wakefield Hospital. The man left Melrose-Wakefield Hospital sometime the next day, though details of his departure/discharge are unclear, according to police. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Click to read: Jackson Doctor Under Increased Scrutiny Jun 28, 2009
Was Narcan given to reverse the respiratory suppression. 7. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Melrose man on Leah Street overdoses on heroin, again Jun 27, 2009
Back on Monday, June 1, the same man was administered Narcan by local emergency responders and was subsequently revived after an anonymous female called 911 to report the man had injected himself with heroin and was not responding. Melrose Police Det. (Melrose Free Press, MA)
Click to read:911 Caller: Jackson "Not Breathing" Jun 27, 2009
Demerol overdoses are easily reversed with Narcan which must have been available at the home. There is no way that the doctor would have given him a large dose of Demerol without knowing that he could easily reverse it. (CBS News)
KHOU: Texas MD With Jackson Amid Collapse Jun 27, 2009
Sedation due to an opioid like Demerol is rapidly reversed by the administration of Narcan. Did Mr. Jackson's physician administer Narcan prior to the arrival of EMS. (CBS News -- Entertainment)
Do-It-Yourself Anti-Overdose Kits: Do They Help? May 30, 2009
The kits, which include vials of the drug naloxone (brand name Narcan), commonly used in hospitals and ambulances to reverse opiate overdose, have led to at least 1,000 successful overdose reversals in the city since 2001, according to Bigg. They are now part of a growing nationwide effort to stem the increasing rate of accidental drug-related fatalities. (Time.com)
The deadly epidemic no one's addressing May 11, 2009
Families have described reviving their dying children with Narcan, or having them arrested for felony drug charges to get them off the streets. Otherwise good people appear in our courtrooms, end up in jail or the ER, or spend a lifetime on harm-reduction medication because there is no clear path to recovery. (Boston Globe)
Leslie Slape: High time for us to intervene Apr 28, 2009
Paramedics inject suspected overdose victims with the antidote Narcan ... A patient who is revived by Narcan which only works on opiates will nearly always deny taking drugs. (Longview Daily News, WA)
In for the quick fix Apr 11, 2009
Nothing prepared Sarah and her parents for the next three days of delirium, pain and nausea as she went through "rapid detox" from heroin after receiving a large dose of Narcan and an implant designed to block the brain's opiate receptors, and therefore nullify, the effects of heroin. There was no warning from the clinic, no guidance on how to deal with the overwhelming effects of the detox, no thought that maybe she was too affected by drugs to consent to having naltrexone surgically implanted... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
The number of physicians doing it is still scant, experts say, but the benefits patient safety among them are too big to ignore. Apr 2, 2009
She was quickly given two shots of Narcan, a stimulant, and a liter of water before her doctor gave verbal orders that she was not to be given any more methadone. But about six hours later, a nurse told Sorrel King the orders, which were never documented, had been changed and gave Josie a shot of the pain-fighting narcotic. (Baltimore Business Journal, MD)
