If you are giving naloxone (Narcan) to a patient who is experiencing an apparent opioid overdose and it doesn’t seem to be working, should you give more? Not necessarily, according to Kelly Ramsey, MD, MPH, chief of medical services at the New York State Office of Addiction Services and Supports in Albany. Adding a second dose of naloxone because it “can’t hurt” is just one of many myths surrounding the overdose drug, Ramsey saidwho is also a board member of the American Society of Addiction Medicine but did not speak…
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