A North Texas fire department is praising a move by the FDA to approve an over-the-counter version of an opioid reversal drug.
For this reason, he said it is crucial to be stocked with the opioid overdose reversal drug.
“When we are called on these sort of things, this is truly the type of thing where seconds matter,” he said. “Not all emergencies are that much where seconds matter, but this is one where seconds matter.” Cresson firefighter David Hendrix recalled responding to a fentanyl-related call just a few months ago.
“A teen had gone down in the parking lot of a Sonic and we administered two doses of Narcan and he woke up,” Hendrix said. “It’s incredible. It is absolutely a miracle drug.”“There’s no reason [not to] for anybody who thinks that their loved one or acquaintance is in an age group that might have a chance to be exposed to some of these horrible pills,” he said. “We’re carrying it on lots of firetrucks, lots of our firefighters are carrying in their vehicle for that reason.
NBC News reports Emergent declined to share details on how much the over-the-counter medication will cost, but the average price of a two-dose box of prescription-only Narcan is around $130, according to
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