Tuesday 12 August 2014

A/B Test: Drug Overdose Treatments

Leon Steele Every 27 minutes, someone in the US dies of an opioid overdose. And all of those 19,500 annual deaths—whether from prescription pain meds or heroin—could be prevented with the fast-acting antidote naloxone. It adheres to the same brain receptors that opioids latch on to, pushing the dangerous drugs aside in five minutes or […]

















from WIRED » Science http://feeds.wired.com/c/35185/f/661470/s/3d6c483b/sc/14/l/0L0Swired0N0C20A140C0A80Copioid0Eoverdose0C/story01.htm

via Science News

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