naloxone
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- noun
- /nəˈlɒkˌsoʊn/
- Specialized
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naloxona
- Basophils, like mast cells, can release histamine when stimulated. Naloxone significantly prevented stimulated histamine release from basophils in our experiments.
- Administer naloxone
- naloxone, another opioid antagonist
- naloxone is effective
Examples
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Related to this legislation was the approval of buprenorphine/naloxone (Suboxone) as a Schedule III medication for maintenance treatment of opioid dependence.
Academic text (2009) -
For example, naloxone was approved for use in 1971 and is now part of the Emergency Medical Service protocol.
Academic text (1993) -
There's a drug that is used in emergency rooms, called Naloxone.
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Counties may make naloxone training for medical and police personnel a priority to reduce mortality in future years.
Academic text (2018) -
We lost six today, but there's 18 more we dragged back, mostly with naloxone.
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Naloxone was administered to 9 children, 4 of whom had apnea or desaturation episodes.
Academic text (2003) -
Furthermore, the results of this study can be used to inform counties considering implementing naloxone programs, an important medication used to reverse opiate overdose.
Academic text (2018) -
The goal of buprenorphine/naloxone therapy in the treatment of opioid addiction is to prevent withdrawal symptoms and suppress cravings for opioids.
Academic text (2009) -
In the case of a patient who is unarousable or not breathing, administer 20 g/kg naloxone intravenously until effective reversal, while mask ventilating with oxygen.
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Emergency responders carry naloxone to quickly reverse opioid overdoses in critical situations.
Synonyms
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A medicine used to quickly reverse an overdose from drugs like heroin
A drug that stops the effects of strong pain medicines and helps breathing
A medicine that stops the effects of an overdose of strong pain medicines like morphine
A medicine that stops the effects of strong pain drugs like morphine in overdoses
Surface Forms
Etymology
Naloxone comes from parts of its chemical name, with the -oxone part linking it to opioid drugs and the nal- part showing it is a changed form that works against them. So, naloxone is like an 'opposite' of drugs such as morphine and is used to stop and reverse an opioid overdose.