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View Post: Harm Reduction Journal
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View Blog: The reclassification of naloxone under article 7 of Prescription Only Medicines Order in the UK, allows the administration of naloxone by injection by anyone for the purpose of saving a life in an emergency. However UK laws still hold

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View Post: Bulletin
3 Jan 2009
Naloxone Injection. 20 August 2007 ... Amphastar-IMS has 1 mg/mL naloxone available in syringes with needles (1 mL NDC 00548-1466-00 or 2 mL NDC 00548-1469-00) or without needles (1 mL NDC 00548-3366-00 or 2 mL NDC 00548-3369-00). ...
View Blog: Drug Product Shortages Management Resource... - http://www.ashp.org/DrugShortages/ResolvedShortages/

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View Post: A Novel Method for Doping in Sporting Competitions « All Science ...
27 Nov 2009 by darrinhinkel  
While Team D also underwent preconditioning, they received injections of morphine plus naloxone – a substance known to block opioid receptors (via competitive inhibition) – on competition day. As such, Team D had a mean pain tolerance ...
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View Post: Chronic Non-cancer Pain Clinical Trial: Naloxone SR Capsules in ...
23 Sep 2009
Naloxone has been used for many years as an IV or IM injection for the reversal of opioid effects (following opioid overdose) and has been evaluated as an oral formulation to manage opioid-induced constipation. ...
View Blog: Clinical Trials Updates During the Last 7 Days - http://clinicaltrialsfeeds.org/clinical-trials/r...

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View Post: Narcan (Naloxone) Drug Information: Uses, Side Effects, Drug ...
20 Mar 2009
NARCAN (naloxone hydrochloride injection, USP), an opioid antagonist, is a synthetic congener of oxymorphone. In structure it differs from oxymorphone in that the methyl group on the nitrogen atom is replaced by an allyl group. ...
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View Post: Mass Vaccination in Santa Clara County
8 Nov 2009 by Bio Nerd  
We had: adult fainted after injection, 8 year old collapse, pregnant lady's water broke (she went to the hospital after she got her shot), and the lady I dealt with was a pregnant woman who started to have contractions while standing in ...
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View Post: Intervention Part III: Harm Reduction
17 Nov 2009
“I know there's a lot of stigma about injection users,” says Yaya Liem, Prevention Point Philadelphia's Syringe Exchange coordinator, while working out of an RV set up on a recent afternoon at 11th and Indiana Ave. in North Philadelphia ...
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View Post: Another death in the tribe and this one is...close to home ...
29 Sep 2009 by DrugMonkey none@example.com  
As the naloxone wears off, the injection user becomes susceptible to respiratory depression. Second, the bioavailability of Suboxone and Subutex(R) varies with the dose, but is not high, possibly in the 50% range. ...
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View Post: Why won't the UK end curbs on drug overdose medication « Eideard
13 Sep 2009 by eideard  
When a heroin user has an overdose, one injection of naloxone revives them from unconsciousness and gives them enough time for medical help to arrive. It is already used by ambulance crews, casualty staff and out of hours GPs faced with ...
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