The opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan (proven right here on the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charleston in Charleston, W.Va., on Sept. 6, 2022) has been authorized for over-the-counter gross sales.
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The opioid overdose reversal drug Narcan (proven right here on the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Charleston in Charleston, W.Va., on Sept. 6, 2022) has been authorized for over-the-counter gross sales.
Leah Willingham/AP
The overdose-reversing drug Narcan may quickly be in the stores over-the-counter with no prescription, the Food and Drug Administration introduced Wednesday.
The FDA’s approval of the nasal spray Narcan — the model title for the drug naloxone — means the medicine might be extra extensively accessible throughout the U.S. because the nation continues to grapple with an opioid epidemic.
“Today’s motion paves the best way for the life-saving medicine to reverse an opioid overdose to be bought on to customers in locations like drug shops, comfort shops, grocery shops and gasoline stations, in addition to on-line,” the FDA mentioned in a press release.
It may take months earlier than Narcan turns into accessible over-the-counter and the price could be decided by the producer, the administration added.
The particular dose authorized for over-the-counter gross sales is the 4 milligram (mg) naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray. Other formulations and dosages of the drug would nonetheless require a prescription, the FDA mentioned.
The administration first authorized Narcan nasal spray in 2015 as a prescription drug.