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FDA Panel Considers Making Opioid Antidote Drug Available Without Prescription

February 15, 2023

Via: Drugs.com
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A nasal spray that can reverse an opioid overdose may become available for easier over-the-counter purchase.

U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisers are meeting Wednesday to discuss making generic naloxone hydrochloride available without requiring interaction with a pharmacist, CNN reported.

Approval could happen later this year. Research shows that wider availability of the antidote could save lives in the growing U.S. opioid epidemic.

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