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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Matthew Perrone

FDA panel weighs moving opioid antidote over the counter

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

U.S. health advisers on Wednesday were weighing whether the overdose-reversal drug naloxone should be made available as an over-the-counter medication to help fight the national opioid crisis.

A panel of experts to the Food and Drug Administration will vote on the switch late Wednesday afternoon, following hours of presentations and discussions on whether untrained users can follow the instructions to use the antidote in emergency situations.

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