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Properly-equipped laypersons can potentially reverse opioid overdose mortality – Medical Xpress
Without timely reversal, opioid overdose causes respiratory depression that may deteriorate into apnea, leading to brain injury and even death. Naloxone, a medication that rapidly reverses opioid overdose, can quickly restore normal respiration to a person wh…
Without timely reversal, opioid overdose causes respiratory depression that may deteriorate into apnea, leading to brain injury and even death. Naloxone, a medication that rapidly reverses opioid overdose, can quickly restore normal respiration to a person whose breathing has slowed or stopped as a result of overdose with heroin or prescription opioid pain medications.
One of the major challenges in decreasing lethal opioid overdose is ensuring that naloxone reaches those in need at short notic…
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