The cost varies, but two doses of Narcan often go for around $50. And buyers have to pay for the medication, either with an insurance co-pay or at the full retail price.
The nonprofit Harm Reduction Therapeutics, which has funding from Ox圜ontin maker Purdue Pharma, has an application before the FDA to distribute its version of spray naloxone without a prescription.Įven before the FDA’s action, pharmacies could sell naloxone without a prescription because officials in every state have allowed it.īut not every pharmacy carries it. Other brands of naloxone and injectable forms will not yet be available over the counter, but they could be soon. With opioid overdoses showing no sign of abating, more regular citizens are carrying Narcan, the medication that can reverse the damaging effects of an overdose. California With opioid overdoses still on the rise, more regular people are carrying Narcan
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