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Health Canada has delisted the opiate blocker naloxone. Once naloxone is delisted, individual provinces will determine whether or not a prescription is required for the purchase of the drug.
Naloxone has been an overdose reversing drug used by medical personnel to help prevent opiate induced deaths due to overdose. This medication helps to block opiates from entering the bloodstream.
Advocates and health groups across Canada have been working diligently to get the medication delisted after the numerous fatalities that have been linked to several street drugs containing fentanyl. They believe making naloxone readily available will help prevent deaths.
According to the world Health Organization, Naloxone may help decrease the number of overdose related deaths once it becomes readily available. Health Canada reported the change based on the finding from a consultation period that took place in mid-January. Naloxone kits will be distributed to homeless shelters across the Vancouver Metro area.
Health Canada has removed naloxone from the federal list of prescription medications, leaving the decision to make it available without a prescription up to individual provinces.
During the consultation period, numerous groups were consulted, including patient organizations, physicians and pharmacists. All of the 130 responses received by the ministry were in favor of the change.
The most common comments to Health Canada was that there needed to be a more user-friendly method of delivering the medication. Currently, the only way the drug can be administered is through injection. The nasal spray form is not yet available in Canada.
Naloxone works quickly, restoring breathing within five minutes.
In 2009, there were only 29 deaths related to fentanyl overdose. In 2014, this number spiked to almost 900, states Canada’s Centre of Substance Abuse.
The decision to delist naloxone has ben met with positive approval in Canada.
Many doctors recommend that Health Canada should work to get the nasal spray naloxone approved for over the counter sales as well.
They state that using syringes can be off-putting to certain individuals; approving an intranasal formula would make it easier on those with no medical training to deliver the medication. However, it is important to note that naloxone is not a cure-all and should not be treated as such, state physicians.
In addition to delisting naloxone, there needs to be addiction care for these individuals suffering from opiate addiction. In order to detox from opiates, patients often require long-term care, psychological counseling and lifestyle management.
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