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The Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) decision to give an opioid overdose antidote over-the-counter status could help as ...

(The Center Square) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administrations decision to give an opioid overdose antidote over-the-counter status could help as illicit fentanyl floods of the nations illegal drug

The Food and Drug Administration is expected this week to allow the overdose-reversal medication to be sold without a prescription, a step toward making it a common emergency tool.

An unintentional consequence of opioid prescribing restrictions?

The price of opioid overdose antidote naloxone increased by more than 500 percent for the uninsured, while it dropped for the insured, a RAND study found.

The cost of buying the opioid antidote naloxone is out of reach for many uninsured Americans, a hurdle that may keep the treatment from saving more people who overdose on opioids, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

The cost of buying the opioid antidote naloxone is out of reach for many uninsured Americans, a hurdle that may keep the treatment from saving more people who overdose on opioids, according to a new RAND Corporation study .