# Naloxone

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Lynn Ruane: The overdose drug Naloxone can save lives so let's remove the barriers to accessing it

There are more deaths in Ireland as a result of overdose than road traffic accidents and many of these deaths are preventable, writes senator Lynn Ruane.

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Apr 14th 2019, 8:30 PM

# Naloxone

HSE offers training in treatment that can reverse drug overdoses

“Every use of Naloxone is potentially a life saved,” the HSE said.

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Aug 31st 2018, 8:25 AM

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Americans urged to carry overdose antidote in effort to tackle drug deaths

The US’s chief doctor has issued his office’s first national public health advisory in 13 years.

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Apr 5th 2018, 7:00 PM

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'We've had up to five doses given before someone comes around': How an anti-overdose drug is saving lives

Naloxone was rolled out across Depaul services in 2016.

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Feb 18th 2018, 4:00 PM

# Drugs

Calls for a heroin 'overdose antidote' to be made more available to addicts' families

Naloxone may have saved 98 lives in Northern Ireland over five years.

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Jul 25th 2017, 6:15 AM

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'The whole thing took five minutes': Young woman talks about saving the life of a heroin addict

Melanie Froud has worked with homeless shelters for the past nine years, but it was only last October that she was able to save someone’s life, with a new overdose drug.

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Sep 1st 2016, 6:05 AM

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A new heroin overdose drug has saved five lives under a HSE pilot programme

Ireland has the third-highest rate of deaths from overdose in Europe.

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Aug 31st 2016, 2:57 PM

# Drugs

Plans for new supervised drug injecting centre in Dublin

The Ana Liffey Drug Project also wants to develop a Naloxone programme and a crisis detox unit for drug users.

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Jan 20th 2012, 7:00 AM