naloxone /tags/naloxone naloxone en-US Copyright Wed, 27 Dec 2023 13:24:39 GMT To prevent opioid overdoses, Oregon facilities will give patients medication upon release /health-and-medicine/2023-12-27/to-prevent-opioid-overdoses-oregon-facilities-will-give-patients-medication-upon-release Oregon will soon require health care facilities to provide opioid overdose medication when releasing some at-risk patients. Wed, 27 Dec 2023 13:24:39 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-12-27/to-prevent-opioid-overdoses-oregon-facilities-will-give-patients-medication-upon-release Nathan Wilk With youth overdose death rates soaring, Oregon offers free opioid reversal medication to schools /health-and-medicine/2023-12-07/with-youth-overdose-death-rates-soaring-oregon-offers-free-opioid-reversal-medication-to-schools The initiative comes amid a big jump in the number of teens who’ve died from drug overdoses in the last five years. Thu, 07 Dec 2023 22:29:24 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-12-07/with-youth-overdose-death-rates-soaring-oregon-offers-free-opioid-reversal-medication-to-schools Lynne Terry Oregon Gov. Kotek seeks legislation to fight opioid overdoses /health-and-medicine/2023-03-21/oregon-gov-kotek-seeks-legislation-to-fight-opioid-overdoses Patients with a history of opioid use would get increased access to overdose reversal medications under a bill backed by Gov. Tina Kotek and top legislative leaders. Tue, 21 Mar 2023 13:04:06 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-03-21/oregon-gov-kotek-seeks-legislation-to-fight-opioid-overdoses Ben Botkin Bills to make naloxone more accessible seek to slow opioid fatalities in Oregon /health-and-medicine/2023-01-30/bills-to-make-naloxone-more-accessible-seek-to-slow-opioid-fatalities-in-oregon One lawmaker said she’s seeing a “skyrocketing” problem of too many people with substance abuse disorder being unable to access treatment and described her bills as a “stopgap” that she said will save lives. Mon, 30 Jan 2023 13:56:52 GMT /health-and-medicine/2023-01-30/bills-to-make-naloxone-more-accessible-seek-to-slow-opioid-fatalities-in-oregon Jake Thomas HIV Alliance Promotes Use Of Naloxone /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-08-23/hiv-alliance-promotes-use-of-naloxone The HIV Alliance in Eugene puts a lot of time and effort into curbing the chances of people getting HIV infections. The alliance already offers needle… Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:47:26 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2017-08-23/hiv-alliance-promotes-use-of-naloxone Geoffrey Riley Max’s Mission: One Mother’s Crusade To Put Naloxone Pretty Much Everywhere /health-and-medicine/2017-05-03/maxs-mission-one-mothers-crusade-to-put-naloxone-pretty-much-everywhere Naloxone is a drug that quickly reverses an overdose of heroin or other opioid drugs. It’s been used by hospitals and emergency medical workers since the… Wed, 03 May 2017 23:16:43 GMT /health-and-medicine/2017-05-03/maxs-mission-one-mothers-crusade-to-put-naloxone-pretty-much-everywhere Liam Moriarty