FDA moves quickly to approve easy-to-use nasal spray to treat opioid overdose

Thursday, November 19, 2015 - 08:20 in Health & Medicine

Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Narcan nasal spray, the first FDA-approved nasal spray version of naloxone hydrochloride, a life-saving medication that can stop or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Opioids are a class of drugs that include prescription medications such as oxycodone, hydrocodone, and morphine, as well as the illegal […]

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