Opioid Antidote Available Over The Counter In Baltimore (WBAL Radio)
Monday Jun 5th, 2017
Baltimore City residents can now get the medicine used to reverse a opioid overdose over the counter.
City Health Commissioner Leana Wen signed an order Thursday that allows Narcan or Naxolone to be made available without a prescription. Her order is part of the state's new Hope Act that eliminates the need for training before a prescription for Narcan is given out.
Dr. Wen told WBAL News Radio 1090 that 800 lives have been saved in the past two years as a result of someone, other than a paramedic, given another person Naxolone.