Call for naloxone to be made a general sale medicine

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Call for naloxone to be made a general sale medicine

Jonathan Chilton-Towle

 Kali Mercier
New Zealand Drug Foundation policy and advocacy manager Kali Mercier says improved access to naloxone would save lives

The New Zealand Drug Foundation has asked the Medicines Classification Committee to improve access to the lifesaving, overdose-reversal medication naloxone in pharmacy.

Naloxone counters the decreased breathing rate that occurs during an opioid overdose. In 2017, the MCC reclassified naloxone to be available withou