Do we hand out too much Narcan? Narcan is the drug that reverses the effects
of heroin and other opiates. I have even
heard that as part of the needle exchange at The AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin in La Crosse, that not only are
needles handed out but also Narcan training is available. According to the La Crosse Tribune that in the
first 40 days of 2016 26 doses of Narcan was used on 16 patients. Is handing out a lifeline the right thing to
do? Should there be a certain number of
times you can administer it? I am like
the rest of the community and wonder out loud when the news reports say that
bad heroin has hit the streets wonder isn’t all heroin bad?
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