Naloxone - for opioid overdose

you’re going to want naloxone, a medication that reverses the effects of opioids and saves lives. i hope you never need it. i hope you never need a fire extinguisher either. but you have one of those. and so too you should have naloxone. but the hard part isn’t convincing you that you should have this on hand. there’s no one in this country who is unaware of the increasingly deadly and expansive opioid crisis…

the harder part is getting it. it used to be prescription only, but it’s now available over the counter. a fire extinguisher might run you $25. i just bought a fire blanket for about that (they’re supposed to be a lot less messy).

option 1: OTC naloxone is ~$50 for 2 doses (2 in case 1 isn’t enough). i personally would save $2 and get the generic. go and buy it here.

option 2: in many states, there is what’s called a “standing order” issued by the public health department which is used in lieu of a prescription and, unlike a typical prescription, can be dispensed to anyone including an individual who is NOT the patient. this took the cost down to $10 for me. call your pharmacy, ask them to fill a prescription for naloxone using the standing order. that’s a worthwhile use of $10 in my opinion.

option 3: you may be able to find it for free through a program near you. check here.

at a time when literally one pill can kill, there is every reason to have naloxone on hand. fake prescription medicines are rampant and they often contain deadly fentanyl not to mention other poisons. do yourself and your loved ones a favor and keep naloxone on hand, like you do a fire extinguisher. there’s no good reason not to.