President Biden’s top health officials are giving Americans a hands-on look at how to use naloxone, the generic name for Narcan’s overdose-reversing drug available at pharmacies without a prescription.
, and his top officials during the live demonstration Friday at the Department of Health and Human Services in Washington.
After the initial spray, Ms. Pichardo said, a rescuer should make sure the overdosing person does not have anything in his or her mouth and deliver rescue breaths with his or her own mouth before giving a second dose of the spray and putting the overdose victim on his or her side in a “rescue position.”can be injected, though everyday people tend to deliver it through an easy-to-use nasal spray. Narcan is a common brand name.
Ms. Pichardo said if the person wakes up after the initial steps, the rescuer should let the person know what happened and how many doses of Narcan he or she received.to be a key tool in its fight against the drug overdose crisis that kills over 100,000 Americans per day., the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, said the rate of overdoses has flatlined in recent years after jumping between 2019 and 2021.
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