We should leverage the successes of HIV care to prevent overdose mortality National Institute on Drug Abuse NIDA
Given through an IV, Narcan works in seconds, given through a shot or with nasal spray, within minutes. Narcan moves into the receptors of the brain where the opioid is stuck, knocks the opioid molecules off the receptor, and replaces them. There was already an increase in overdose deaths before the pandemic. Opioid overdoses are …