The Food and Drug Administration agreed to Narcan, a naluxone spray that can reflect overdose doses of opioids and rescue lives, for incredible use.
in advertisement On Wednesday, FDA Commissioner Robert M. Calif This step aims to meet the “full general health need” and will help increase access and death of an overdose in the country.
Narcan is managed by an atom of the nose, which is a quick -acting AFP that reflects the effects of opioids such as heroin, fentanel, codeine and oxcontin. The drug is associated with receptors in the nervous system, and prevents or reflects the effects of opiates in the individual system. It is dispensed when someone shows signs of an overdose – such as gesture, suffocation, and exaggerated students – and amazing effective; one Ticket I found that 93.5 % of the people who gave Naluxone survived an overdose. Nalluxon does not harm a person who does not have aids in his system, but it does not work on non -opioid medications.
“Naluxon, or Norgein in the form of a spray of nose, is basically the only treatment option that we have for excessive options of opiates outside the medical environments,” said Ryan Marino, a medical toxicist, an emergency emergency specialist in the field of medicine in the field of emergency. Naluxon is also available in an injection that can be used by healthcare providers. However, changing the FDA base to allow sales without a prescription applies only to Narcan, not formulas or other doses of naluxon.
The drug does not treat addiction, and it cannot prevent a person from taking drugs or helping him enter the recovery program. “But at the end of the day, Narkan is the only thing that can save someone’s life,” said Marino. “No one can recover, no one can continue to do anything, if they die.”
Narcan can currently buy in pharmacies in most states without a prescription, but the product is usually sold behind the table and some states have additional restrictions that make getting more difficult.
Changing the base will lead to the Narcan position directly on the shelves. Even under the current rules, naluxones can be reached relatively; Its cost, which varies by store and location, It can be exorbitantbut Damage organizations And even some City programs Make the medicine available for free.
Although this change is “gradual”, Marino said it would also help reduce The stigma and misconceptions associated with Naluxon.
“People do not want Narkan in schools, people are concerned that this encourages drug use – these things are not true,” he said. “I think what people should know is that this is the savior of life. This is similar to the position of EPipens, the fibrous deodorant in society. It is not something you want to use, but everyone should be happy because this alternative will be much worse.”