An opioid therapy clinic in Vermont
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Early in August, the US Meals and Drug Administration (FDA) authorised a sixth treatment for reversing opioid overdoses. The product, name Zurnai, is an computerized injection of the drug nalmefene, produced by Purdue Pharma – the identical pharmaceutical firm that helped gasoline the opioid disaster.
Irony apart, that is – at the very least at face worth – a welcome addition to the rising arsenal of medicines meant to fight the opioid disaster. Nalmefene is stronger and has an extended period than its extra frequent counterpart naloxone, which has grow to be much less efficient in opposition to an…
