Pennsylvania urges update to health standing orders to include all FDA-approved opioid reversal agents.

Pennsylvania needs to update its health standing orders to allow first responders and medical staff to use all FDA-approved opioid overdose reversal agents, not just Narcan/Naloxone, as the illicit drug market evolves. The author urges state leaders to modify the language to expand tools for combating the opioid epidemic. In related news, Michigan's Birmingham Fire Department and Police Department have a leave-behind program that provides overdose victims with naloxone kits and mental health resources.

August 26, 2024
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