Naloxone Stops Opioid Overdoses. How Do You Use It?
“Active drug users, people who live with or love drug users,
and people on methadone or buprenorphine, who are often coming out of treatment and know people at high risk of overdose,” said Robert Childs, executive director of the North Carolina Harm Reduction Coalition in Wilmington, N. C.
The surgeon general also listed patients who take high doses of prescribed opioids.
People at trainings are often told to administer one dose, wait three minutes,
do rescue breathing and then give a second dose if there is no response.
“Mostly you see the iris, just a tiny black spot in the middle,” said Dr. Steven Daviss, senior medical adviser at the Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration, which is part of the Department of Health and Human Services.
By ELIZABETH DIAS and ANNIE CORREALAPRIL 6, 2018
The United States surgeon general issued a rare national advisory on Thursday urging more
Americans to carry naloxone, a drug used to revive people overdosing on opioids.
People who are coming out of prison or detox programs should carry the drug, because detox lowers tolerance, Mr. Childs said.
If the person is not breathing, or if their breathing is shallow, perform rescue breathing.
If someone has shortness of breath or is not breathing, is unresponsive or won’t wake up and has pale or discolored skin, they may be overdosing.
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