Naloxone Ireland

01/05/2017

Having naloxone doesn’t lead to riskier drug use.

In the 1990s, doctors responded to a rise in overdose deaths by making the lifesaving antidote naloxone available over the counter and through harm reduction programs. What lessons can Italy offer other nations grappling with opioid crises today?

12/01/2017

It's a postcode lottery in the UK if people are able to access Naloxone

He**in deaths have doubled in three years in England and Wales. So should naloxone - the drug that reverse overdoses and saves lives - be more readily availa...

16/12/2016

Priority 2 WARNING - Intranasal Mucosal Atomization Devices used in Intranasal

http://www.hpra.ie/homepage/medical-devices/safety-information/safety-notices/item?t=/lma-mucosal-atomization-devices-and-lma-mad-nasal-intranasal-mucosal-atomization-devices.-priority-2-warning&id=d8900726-9782-6eee-9b55-ff00008c97d0

The objective of the Health Products Regulatory Authority is to ensure in so far as possible, consistent with current medical and scientific knowledge, the quality, safety and efficacy of medicines available in Ireland and to participate in systems designed to do that throughout the European Union.

12/12/2016

This report by the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs investigates the increase of drug-related deaths in the UK.

05/12/2016

In order to reduce opioid overdose deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) recently recommended in its Community Management of Opioid Overdose Guidelines (2014) that the opioid antidote naloxone, as well as training in opioid overdose management, should be made available to people likely to witn...

26/06/2016

Vancouver police may worry that administering naloxone is "hazardous" for their officers, but healthcare workers say there's very little risk and are encouraging anyone who knows a drug user to get trained on how to use the overdose antidote.

01/05/2016

The interview with Lynn Ruane highlights the impact of Drug Overdose within the Community

18/01/2016

https://youtu.be/OR2XoQExPCw

Drug overdose continues to be the main cause of death among problem drug users and he**in or its metabolites are present in the majority of reported fatal ov...

10/01/2016

Thanks to all those that are following

15/12/2015

In 2013 42% who died had used he**in were not alone

04/12/2015

A framework for managers in accommodation-based homelessness services to implement good practice around using naloxone as part of a wider harm reduction approach.

30/11/2015

As controversy fades, distribution of the prized drug to op**te users has become more aggressive.