Life-Saving Overdose Antidote May Become Easy to Buy
Life-saving overdose antidote may become easy to buy
Once only found in emergency rooms and a handful of community overdose prevention programs, naloxone is finding its way into more medicine cabinets as lawmakers, medical professionals and advocates push for increasing access to the life-saving drug.
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HIV Prevention Drug Causing Harsh Divisions
Truvada is a drug that is used in combination with several others to combats the AIDS causing HIV-virus. It has been hailed by health professionals and AIDS activists as a cornerstone in protecting gay men engaging in sexual activity with the potential …
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Local drug prevention program notices increase in narcotics use
However, Prevention Specialist Heather Harlan did say she has seen a rise in the number of cases involving adults since January. "We have certainly seen, since the first of the year, an up-click in cases where an opiate is the primary drug of choice …
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Mike Daube – Prevention of Death and Disease – http://maketomorrowbetter.com.au/ Director of the Public Health Advocacy Institute and the McCusker Centre for Action on Alcohol and Youth, Mike Daube explai…