Walgreens to begin stocking Narcan in pharmacies nationwide

Walgreens introduced on Tuesday that it'll begin stocking noloxone, the FDA-accepted nasal spray bought below the company Narcan and used to reverse the results of an opioid overdose, in all of its pharmacies nationwide. The pharmacy will additionally put into effect the centers for disease handle and Prevention (CDC) recommendations to show sufferers about Narcan.

"with the aid of stocking Narcan in all of our pharmacies, we're making it less demanding for households and caregivers to aid their household by way of having it reachable in case it is needed," Rick Gates, Walgreens community vp of pharmacy, observed in a statement. "As a pharmacy we are dedicated to making Narcan extra attainable within the communities we serve."

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The business has been providing naloxone without requiring a prescription in 45 states due to the fact that ultimate 12 months, and has also implemented medicine disposal kiosks in 600 pharmacies nationwide. It emphasized a willingness to work with the ultimate states to make naloxone more convenient to achieve.

Many police departments and first responders throughout the nation at the moment are outfitted with Narcan to use when responding to talents overdose calls. Overdose deaths involving prescription opioids have quadrupled when you consider that 1999, with President Trump expected to declare the epidemic a nationwide public fitness emergency on Thursday. 

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