naloxone

IPA: nˈeɪɫɑksˈoʊni

(pharmacology) An opioid inverse agonist used to counter the effects of an overdose on opioids (such as heroin or morphine).

Examples of "naloxone" in Sentences

* Opioid antagonists such as naloxone and nelmefene
The nasal spray is a drug called naloxone, or Narcan.
It's called naloxone -- and I've written about it previously here and here.
Victims can be revived without lasting effects if the antidote -- a drug called naloxone (brand: Narcan) -- is given early enough.
Treatment with naloxone is controversial and has been reported to cause hypertension. 3-5 However, transient hypertension can be seen from clonidine alone.
Further, the current therapy to overcome the respiratory depression of administering μ-opiate receptor antagonists, such as naloxone, has the distinctly undesirable effect of removing analgesia.
Solutions to the crisis exist; cost-neutral and cost-effective measures such as Good Samaritan 911 laws and expanded access to the lifesaving overdose reversal medication naloxone help reduce overdose deaths.
The budget also ignores life-saving harm reduction measures such as naloxone-distribution and heroin assisted treatment, widely viewed around the world as a necessary part of any balanced, evidenced based drug strategy.
They then switched to another antidote called naloxone, and that is an antidote that is specifically used to treat drug overdose, specifically heroin or other opiates, and that apparently, according to reports received by U.S. officials, did work with many of the victims.