The approved branded nasal spray is the best-known form of naloxone, which can reverse overdoses of opioids — making it a key strategy to control the nationwide overdose crisis. FDA approves over-the-counter Narcan nasal spray:
on Wednesday approved selling naloxone without a prescription, setting the overdose-reversing drug on course to become the first opioid treatment drug to be sold over the counter.
Making naloxone available more widely is seen as a key strategy to control the nationwide overdose crisis, which has been linked to more than. The majority of those deaths are tied to opioids, primarily potent synthetic versions such as fentanyl that can take multiple doses of naloxone to reverse. The nonprofit Harm Reduction Therapeutics Inc., which has funding from OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, has an application before the FDA to distribute its version of spray naloxone without a prescription.Even before the FDA's action, pharmacies could sell naloxone without a prescription because officials in every state have allowed it.
Now, he said, some people are concerned about getting naloxone at pharmacies because their insurers will know they're getting it.
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