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The nasal spray version of naloxone will be available at select retailers for $44.99 for a box of two doses

Significantly increased risk observed for social or behavioral health workers, registered nurses, health care support workers

The American Medical Association applauded the approval to improve access to nonprescription naloxone as a way to curb the opioid epidemic

Age-adjusted rate of overdose deaths involving cocaine and opioids increased more quickly than cocaine alone from 2011 to 2021

Monthly percentage of illicitly manufactured fentanyl-involved deaths with xylazine detected increased from 2.9 to 10.9 percent

Increase seen in age-adjusted rate of drug overdose deaths involving xylazine from 0.03 to 1.06 per 100,000 standard population

Findings seen across drug types and most ages, even when accounting for rates of drug misuse

Most patients with emergency department visit for nonfatal opioid overdose were men; most frequent drugs reported were fentanyl and heroin

To be sold as Opvee, the spray contains the medication nalmefene hydrochloride and will be available with a prescription

5 percent of deaths from opioids in 1999 were from fentanyl compared with 94.0 percent of opioid deaths by 2021