| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Naloxon
Study to prevent deaths from opioid overdose shows promising results
Study to prevent deaths from opioid overdose shows promising results
A study undertaken in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Ukraine has shown that training people most likely to witness an opioid overdose and providing them with naloxone, a drug that reduces the effects of overdose if administered rapidly, has the potential to significantly reduce the number of deaths in these countries if scaled up nationwide. (WHO, 06.08.2021)
https://www.who.int/news/item/06-08-2021-study-to-prevent-deaths-from-opioid-overdose-shows-promising-results