Health and Fitness

FDA Approves New Hand-held Auto-injector to Reverse Opioid Overdose

First naloxone treatment specifically designed to be given by family members or caregivers

Silver Spring, Maryland–(ENEWSPF)–April 3, 2014.  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a prescription treatment that can be used by family members or caregivers to treat a person known or suspected to have had an opioid overdose. Evzio (naloxone hydrochloride injection) rapidly delivers a single dose of the drug naloxone via a hand-held auto-injector that can be carried in a pocket…

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