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CVS to sell heroin overdose antidote
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:25 pm
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:25 pm
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The opioid antidote naloxone will soon be available without a prescription at CVS pharmacies across Louisiana, the company announced Wednesday (May 25). The move will dramatically increase access to the life-saving medication at a time when heroin and opioid overdoses in the United States are reaching all-time highs.
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:32 pm to WPBTiger
This is good common sense. Whatever we are doing before is not working. People are gonna use. May as well make it safe.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:34 pm to WPBTiger
I think this has been posted before, but...
Probably for the better that this is available. Addicts certainly never used drugs just because they couldn't get the antidote, and likewise people aren't going to start using drugs because there is an antidote. Only good things can come from making narcan readily available
Probably for the better that this is available. Addicts certainly never used drugs just because they couldn't get the antidote, and likewise people aren't going to start using drugs because there is an antidote. Only good things can come from making narcan readily available
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:35 pm to Motorboat
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This is good common sense. Whatever we are doing before is not working. People are gonna use. May as well make it safe.
Pretty much sums it up. Its good it will be available, but it's just one more way pharmaceuticals are making billions of dollars off of addicts.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:36 pm to Motorboat
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This is good common sense. Whatever we are doing before is not working. People are gonna use. May as well make it safe.
This
I've had 2 childhood friends OD on heroin in close to a year and a half, one I was very close to, the other one OD'd less than 2 weeks ago. If making naloxone available OTC will save lives, then do it.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:36 pm to WPBTiger
Do you have to stab them 3 times?
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:37 pm to WPBTiger
Good.
We need to focus on safety and treatment. The "more jail time" route isn't working.
See Portugal.
We need to focus on safety and treatment. The "more jail time" route isn't working.
See Portugal.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:40 pm to WPBTiger
I'd be interested in seeing how much is sold. From what I hear from people working in the ER is that the addicts are ready to kill the staff for ruining their high.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:40 pm to OweO
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Pretty much sums it up. Its good it will be available, but it's just one more way pharmaceuticals are making billions of dollars off of addicts.
This.
Comedic gold in an SNL commercial spoof.
Wonder how long it takes before a pissed off junkie kills a newb for ruining his high. "You know how much it cost to get this high"?
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:41 pm to upgrayedd
Its been sold OTC here for a while. Also eliminated jail time for non violent drug crimes.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:41 pm to WPBTiger
Maybe it'll reduce trips to the ER or paramedic calls. Hopefully it'll save money as well as some junkie's life.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:44 pm to willhigg6
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Probably for the better that this is available. Addicts certainly never used drugs just because they couldn't get the antidote, and likewise people aren't going to start using drugs because there is an antidote. Only good things can come from making narcan readily available
Agreed. Addiction is a terrible thing. I think a lot of OD's are the result of the people around being scared to call for help because they are worried about getting arrested. I know that's the case in one of my friends deaths. No one called for help because they thought they would get arrested. Either that or they are too fricked up to know wtf is really going on. If it's the former, having it available can save lives. One of my friends died because the people that were with him were scared to call for help.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:44 pm to MSCoastTigerGirl
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I've had 2 childhood friends OD on heroin in close to a year and a half, one I was very close to, the other one OD'd less than 2 weeks ago. If making naloxone available OTC will save lives, then do it.
Its hard to see people fight it huh? I have a relative who is heading down this road quick.. While I know people who were addicted and is now a recovering addict and a few who are still fighting it, so far no one I know has OD'd, but unfortunately I would be surprised if it does not eventually happen.
The other day I had a conversation with someone about pill and heroin addiction and it seems like it would be hard to find someone who doesn't know someone who is/was an addict. Its sad.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:49 pm to OweO
Being close to an addict will tear you apart, if you really care about them. Addiction not only destroys the addicts life, it destroys the lives of their family and friends.
My 2 friends that OD'd came from very good families. Their parents probably spent thousands of dollars on rehab. The only way rehab works is if they really want to quit and if they stay away from their junkie friends once they're clean, which doesn't happen often.
Unfortunately, I'm very familiar with this topic. I wouldn't know what heroin was if it was sitting in front of me but I know the devestating effects it has on people.
My 2 friends that OD'd came from very good families. Their parents probably spent thousands of dollars on rehab. The only way rehab works is if they really want to quit and if they stay away from their junkie friends once they're clean, which doesn't happen often.
Unfortunately, I'm very familiar with this topic. I wouldn't know what heroin was if it was sitting in front of me but I know the devestating effects it has on people.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:51 pm to MSCoastTigerGirl
Although this is definitely the right idea, I've heard this leads to such bad withdrawals that the addicts immediately attempt to get high again
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:52 pm to Mars duMorgue
Ok. But isn't heroin illegal????? So if someone goes to buy this wouldn't it be a reason to see if they are using an illigal drug??????
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:55 pm to MSCoastTigerGirl
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Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:55 pm to dukke v
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Ok. But isn't heroin illegal????? So if someone goes to buy this wouldn't it be a reason to see if they are using an illigal drug??????
Theres some kind of good samaritan attachment. Many buyers are probably family and friends of addicts
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:55 pm to kkhere
From my understanding, all it does is keep them from dying from an overdose, kind of like an epi pen does with an allergic reaction. It isn't used as a treatment option other than that. It's what EMS and ER's use when someone is about to die from an overdose. If I'm wrong, someone please correct me.
Posted on 5/25/16 at 6:56 pm to MSCoastTigerGirl
So you can walk on the Aspirin aisle and buy this, but I need a prescription for birth control pills? *sigh*
But really, it is great it is readily available. Heroin seems to be this underground thing no one wants to talk about at the local political level. It is a near epidemic in some places. Here, in pristine Naples, I heard the number of OD's from H went from 12 to 50 in one year, yet it is swept under the rug. Makes Classyville look a little less classy.
When I read this topic, I immediately thought "Are they selling adrenaline in a syringe?"
But really, it is great it is readily available. Heroin seems to be this underground thing no one wants to talk about at the local political level. It is a near epidemic in some places. Here, in pristine Naples, I heard the number of OD's from H went from 12 to 50 in one year, yet it is swept under the rug. Makes Classyville look a little less classy.
When I read this topic, I immediately thought "Are they selling adrenaline in a syringe?"
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