How to Use naloxone in a Sentence

naloxone

noun

• Reid said all high schools and buses are equipped with naloxone.
  — Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2024
• The naloxone will be available free of charge to anyone 18 years old and older.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022
• Narcan is a nasal spray version of naloxone, a drug that blocks an opioid’s effect on the brain.
  — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
• As is the case with anything, there are still some unknowns about what other issues could arise with over-the-counter naloxone.
  — Julia Landwehr, Health, 29 Mar. 2023
• Prior to that, naloxone kits were available in the intake area, and a kit was available at the control desk in each housing unit.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
• How naloxone works Narcan works by blocking the effects of opioids on the brain and restoring breathing.
  — Nadia Kounang, CNN, 29 Mar. 2023
• Researchers found that there is no state with enough naloxone to meet demand, even as drug overdoses have surged to a record high.
  — Meryl Kornfield, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2022
• Narcan is the brand name of naloxone, which is administered as an injection and, as in the case of Narcan, as a nasal spray.
  — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 29 Mar. 2023
• As overdose deaths nationwide more than doubled in the past decade, it's become clear that naloxone isn't enough.
  — Dr. Céline Gounder, CBS News, 1 July 2023
• This is the eighth time a person in San Diego County jail has used the naloxone kits since they were made available in June, authorities said.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Dec. 2022
• It’s the brand name for the drug naloxone, a life-saving tool that reverses opioid overdoses.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Jan. 2023
• Over-the-counter naloxone made by other companies is poised to enter the retail market, too.
  — Georgea Kovanis, Detroit Free Press, 7 Sep. 2023
• Last week, the Anchorage School District ensured all principals had a naloxone kit and knew how to use it.
  — Morgan Krakow, Anchorage Daily News, 21 Apr. 2023
• Narcan is indeed here — the white boxes of naloxone spray that can pull someone out of an opioid overdose.
  — Emily Alpert Reyesstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2023
• Narcan, the nasal spray version of naloxone, has received F.D.A. approval to be sold over the counter and should be widely available by late summer.
  — Shoshana Walter, New York Times, 29 June 2023
• The manager listened to Piccolo's instructions on how to use Narcan, the brand name of the drug naloxone, and added four boxes of the nasal spray to the hotel's first-aid kit.
  — Katheryn Houghton, CNN, 15 Aug. 2022
• Training for district staff in the use a naloxone will begin in early October.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 22 Sep. 2022
• The Arizona nonprofit Sonoran Prevention Works has a tool of where the public can find free naloxone: https://spwaz.org/arizonanaloxone/.
  — Stephanie Innes, AZCentral.com, 26 Sep. 2022
• Paramedics can start IVs, intubate patients who can’t breathe on their own, and treat overdoses with naloxone.
  — Marion Renault, STAT, 7 July 2023
• The opioid overdose antidote naloxone was first approved for use in 1971.
  — Joshua Cohen, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
• Through March 31, nine overdoses in the county have been reversed through the use of naloxone, according to county data.
  — Megan Woolard, Journal Sentinel, 31 July 2023
• What to know about using naloxone Naloxone works within a few minutes to block or reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
  — Annie Berman, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
• Firefighters had given Miller naloxone, which stopped the fentanyl’s toxic effects, and he was brought to the hospital.
  — Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 22 Aug. 2022
• Each state has a different law regarding naloxone and whether a person needs a prescription to get it.
  — Catherine Garcia, The Week, 28 May 2022
• By installing naloxone vending machines, the city hopes to make getting help even easier.
  — Wilfred Chan, Curbed, 5 July 2023
• Responders are advised to check whether the person is breathing, protect the head and airways, apply one dose of naloxone and call for backup.
  — Jan Hoffman, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2023
• Emergent is the first company to gain approval to sell naloxone without a prescription.
  — Julie Wernau, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2023
• Over-the-counter naloxone would still need to be submitted to the FDA for review and approval, Barnett said, but could start rolling out onto drugstore shelves as early as next year.
  — Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 16 Nov. 2022
• Narcan, the brand name for the drug naloxone, was approved by the Food and Drug Administration as an over-the-counter drug in March to try to mitigate the growing opioid crisis.
  — Irene Wright The Charlotte Observer (tns), al, 30 Aug. 2023
• Only a month after the naloxone was installed, inmates used it to save the lives of two men who had collapsed after ingesting fentanyl.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 June 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024