Naloxone: Now an Over the Counter Drug
Photo Credit: Business Wire, http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20160222005567/en/Walgreens-Naloxone-Prescription-Indiana-Pharmacies Naloxone is an emergency drug used to reverse the life-threatening effects of overdose from certain opiate drugs. When opiates like oxycodone and heroin are taken, they bind to the opiate receptors in brain. Naloxone acts as an antidote by removing the opioids from the opioid receptors in the brainstem (Medline Plus, 2016). According to the C
