If the US FDA concurs, the drug could become as easily available as aspirin. Read more at straitstimes.com.
WASHINGTON – Two federal panels of addiction experts on Wednesday unanimously recommended that Narcan, the overdose-reversing nasal spray, be made widely available without a prescription, a significant step in the effort to stem skyrocketing drug fatalities.
The unanimous vote by the committees, which advise the Food and Drug Administration , makes it highly likely that the FDA will approve an over-the-counter version of the drug, also known generically as naloxone, in March. For people who use drugs, as well as their friends and relatives, ready access to the prescription medication has been elusive.
The Biden administration has made expanding access to the medicine a priority in its efforts to combat the overdose crisis, whichIn recommending that the spray become as easily available as ibuprofen, the 19 voting panelists determined that naloxone, which was approved as an overdose-reversal injection in 1971, is abundantly safe and effective even in infants, with almost no potential for misuse or abuse. And, the panels concluded, naloxone does not require medical training to use.
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