Press who is admitted to ER after having overdosed Amitriptyline. The patient appears to be suffering from psychosis due to the overdose. What medication should you administer to help treat this? A- Naloxone 1-4 mcg/kg IV B- Diazepa What ...
The felony charge can be brought against any person who “intentionally administers, dispenses, delivers, gives, prescribes, sells or distributes any controlled substance” that is used by another person who dies as a result of using the substance, the law says. If found guilty of the charge...
Martinez, a harm reduction associate at the National Harm Reduction Coalition, which works to provide educational information about safer drug use, increase access to naloxone, conduct overdose prevention trainings, and more. That’s because a person who is overdosing cannot administer naloxone to ...
I think the logistics of learning how to administer buprenorphine sounds more complicated than it might be, and that is a barrier. DUBNER: What do you mean by the logistics of administering it? PERRONE: So first of all, in order to write a prescription for buprenorphine, you have to ...
Mary decided that she needed to be prepared, should such an emergency ever happen again. Shegot trained to administerthe opioid overdose antidote,naloxone(brand name Narcan)—and, recently, when she needed to renew her supply, she found a new and convenient source, which she heard about at ...