The FDA approved a rescue pen for heroin and opioid overdoses. According to the FDA, more than 16,000 people die each year from opioid related overdoses. The FDA reports that drug overdoses are now the leading cause of death, in what they refer to as “injury deaths” in the Unite States, now surpassing motor vehicle accidents. With the rise of overdose deaths, there has been a push to make available to the general public a ready-to-use antidote, according to the FDA.
On Thursday, the FDA approved the easy-to-use rescue pen which will be prescribed under the name Evzio. The rescue pen can automatically inject the correct dose of the antidote naloxone before emergency personnel arrive. Naloxone is currently used by paramedics and emergency personnel. The rescue pen will be available to the general public as doctors can prescribe it to relatives, or caregivers to keep handy in the medicine cabinet. The FDA says that people without medical training can easily administer the antidote through the rescue pen, according to the FDA. The FDA says that they approved the rescue pen in effort to combat the rise of heroin overdoses and opioid related overdose deaths. Opioids include prescription pains medications like OxyContin, Percocet, Vicodin and street drugs such as heroin.
The same day the FDA approved the use of the rescue pen for heroin overdoses, the state of New York implemented that all police officers in the state will now carry the antidote naloxone. In New Jersey, 32 police departments are participating in a special program where law enforcement personnel will carry the antidote naloxone. According to Dr. Charles P. O’Brien, a Penn professor, the antidote naloxone is the best that there is in medicine. He’s been studying naloxone and its predecessors for over 40 years. Dr. O’Brien suggests that naloxone should be administered to anyone found unconscious. He says no damage will be done to the patient, even if there is no overdose.
Naloxone was discovered over 50 years ago and was one of the first drugs that stopped opioids from attaching to the brain, according to Dr. O’Brien. Naloxone isn’t classified as a narcotic drug and will not cause addition, according to Dr. O’Brien. Heroin overdoses typically involve the user becoming sleepy, almost in a comatose condition. Ultimately, the drug user will stop breathing and die. According to Dr. O’Brien, Naloxone acts immediately, by blocking the opioid receptors, and thus breathing is restored in seconds. Paramedics and emergency room doctors have been using Naloxone for years.
According to the FDA, the recent prescription painkiller epidemic spans all segments of society, with the largest increases being seen in the suburbs. Unfortunately, it has caused a parallel rise in heroin addition, as pill users discover that heroin costs a fraction of the cost of prescription pain medications, and is readily available.
Although the FDA approved the rescue pen for heroin overdoses, they have stated that the use of an antidote is never a substitute for immediate medical attention. Healthcare officials are still unclear on how much the rescue pen will cost, and whether it will be covered by insurance.
By John J. Poltonowicz
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Seattle Times
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Hey, how’s it going?
Did you hear that the powers that run this world want to put a RFID microchip in our body? It will contain not only our bank accounts but our personal information, making us total slaves to the elite. This will cause us to lose even more of our privacy.
Did you know that this RFID microchip matches perfectly with the Mark of the Beast in the Bible, more specifically Revelation 13:16-18?
“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name…”
Referring to the last days, this could only be speaking of a cashless society, which we have yet to see, but are heading towards. Otherwise, we could still buy or sell without the mark amongst others if physical money was still currency. It’s amazing that the Bible foretold a cashless society!
Did you also hear that the Jewish people are in the process of bringing about the Third Temple prophesied in the Bible by the prophet Daniel, Jesus, and Apostle Paul? They deny Jesus as their Messiah and say their Messiah will be revealed to rule the whole world under a one world religion. They are not even hiding this information, but are actually promoting it. You can view videos about this on YouTube.
When Donald Trump made Jerusalem captial of Israel in late December 2017, the Jewish people said this was a big step for them to build this Third Temple. They even printed a Temple coin with president Trump’s face on the front with king Cyrus'(the man who built the Second Temple in the Bible) face behind him. On the back of the coin is an image of the Third Temple. They are selling these coins to raise money to build the Temple.
People have been saying for many years that the end is near, but we needed not only the Third Temple, but also the technology for there to be a cashless society for the Mark of the Beast to be a reality.
There is much more to know, please visit http://WWW.BIBLEFREEDOM.COM to see all the proof!
GOD BLESS, JESUS LOVES YOU!
Hey, how’s it going?
Did you hear that the powers that run this world want to put a RFID microchip in our body? It will contain not only our bank accounts but our personal information, making us total slaves to the elite. This will cause us to lose even more of our privacy.
Did you know that this RFID microchip matches perfectly with the Mark of the Beast in the Bible, more specifically Revelation 13:16-18?
“He causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads, and that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name…”
Referring to the last days, this could only be speaking of a cashless society, which we have yet to see, but are heading towards. Otherwise, we could still buy or sell without the mark amongst others if physical money was still currency. It’s amazing that the Bible foretold a cashless society!
Did you also hear that the Jewish people are in the process of bringing about the Third Temple prophesied in the Bible by the prophet Daniel, Jesus, and Apostle Paul? They deny Jesus as their Messiah and say their Messiah will be revealed to rule the whole world under a one world religion. They are not even hiding this information, but are actually promoting it. You can view videos about this on YouTube.
When Donald Trump made Jerusalem captial of Israel in late December 2017, the Jewish people said this was a big step for them to build this Third Temple. They even printed a Temple coin with president Trump’s face on the front with king Cyrus'(the man who built the Second Temple in the Bible) face behind him. On the back of the coin is an image of the Third Temple. They are selling these coins to raise money to build the Temple.
People have been saying for many years that the end is near, but we needed not only the Third Temple, but also the technology for there to be a cashless society for the Mark of the Beast to be a reality.
There is much more to know, please visit http://WWW.BIBLEFREEDOM.COM to see all the proof!
GOD BLESS, JESUS LOVES YOU!