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FDA tells doctors to discuss overdose antidote with patients

from Modern Healthcare

FDA tells doctors to discuss overdose antidote with patients Modern Healthcare Doctors who prescribe opioid painkillers should tell their patients about a potentially life-saving medication that can reverse drug overdoses, according to new federal guidelines issued recently. The move by the Food and Drug Administration is the latest government effort to increase use of the drug naloxone, which can counteract the effects of an opioid overdose in minutes. READ MORE

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