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Keeping Narcan® at Home can Prevent Holiday Overdose Deaths - may be helpful, if you know someone who might be at risk of overdosing.
Narcan®, the nasal spray version of naloxone, is available through pharmacies without a prescription. Medicaid and many insurance plans also cover the cost. A number of community-level organizations make Narcan® freely available, and a list of these community distributors is available at justplainkillers.com/overdose-prevention.
DHEC Reminds Residents that Staying Home is Staying Safe this Holiday Season
As South Carolinians continue to follow public health recommendations, expect an influx at popular testing locations over the coming days... . All DHEC-sponsored testing locations use pain-free nose or oral swabs or saliva testing.
I wonder if these pain-free tests are less accurate than the deep-nose one, or why I still keep hearing about people having the painful tests done?
(My mom had told me she would *rather die* than having one of those painful ones in the nose done, because of how bad it had hurt her earlier this year or last when her doctor did a procedure that involved putting a scope or something in through the nose.)
Narcan®, the nasal spray version of naloxone, is available through pharmacies without a prescription. Medicaid and many insurance plans also cover the cost. A number of community-level organizations make Narcan® freely available, and a list of these community distributors is available at justplainkillers.com/overdose-prevention.
DHEC Reminds Residents that Staying Home is Staying Safe this Holiday Season
As South Carolinians continue to follow public health recommendations, expect an influx at popular testing locations over the coming days... . All DHEC-sponsored testing locations use pain-free nose or oral swabs or saliva testing.
I wonder if these pain-free tests are less accurate than the deep-nose one, or why I still keep hearing about people having the painful tests done?
(My mom had told me she would *rather die* than having one of those painful ones in the nose done, because of how bad it had hurt her earlier this year or last when her doctor did a procedure that involved putting a scope or something in through the nose.)