FDA approves new hand-held auto-injector to reverse opioid overdose

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Title: FDA approves new hand-held auto-injector to reverse opioid overdose

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FDA approves new hand-held auto-injector to reverse opioid overdose

04/03/2014 10:23 AM EDT

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a prescription treatment that can be used by family or caregivers to treat a person known or suspected to have had an opioid overdose. Evzio (naloxone hydrochloride injection) rapidly delivers a single dose of the drug naloxone via a hand-held auto-injector that can be carried in a pocket or stored in a medicine chest.

 

 

 

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