'We'Re All Paying:' Heroin Spreads Misery in US
'We're all paying:' Heroin spreads misery in US
The staff's quick response and a dose of naloxone, an opiate-reversing drug, bring most patients back. Some are put … My next-door neighbor's on heroin,'" says Candy Murray Abbott, who helped her own 27-year-old son through withdrawal. Heroin-related …
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Approval of drug is long overdue
Narcon can counter overdoses of opiates including heroin, morphine, oxycodone (Oxycontin), methadone, hydrocodone (Vicodin), codeine and other prescription pain medications; but it is not helpful with overdoses from other drugs. The effects of Narcon …
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