Nasal Spray Helps Prevent Heroin Overdose HeroinBy Promises AustinNovember 29, 2014In the U.S., the rate of death from heroin overdoses has been increasing fairly steadily for a number of years. Health professionals and some private citizens can treat a heroin overdose with a medication called naloxone. However, naloxone typically comes in an injectable form, and circumstances don’t always allow for the easy injection of affected…
Preventing Heroin Overdose – Do You Have a Drug Buddy? HeroinBy Promises AustinFebruary 25, 2014The most dangerous drug for relapse is heroin. The greatest risk to a person who is in early treatment and who relapses is the threat of overdose. This is because they have no tolerance but also because they often have poor judgment in how much they should be using. Heroin use and heroin overdoses have…
