How Naloxone Saves Lives in Opioid Overdose

Naloxone saves lives. This video reviews when naloxone is used, how it is administered, and the way it works. Click "SHOW MORE" for links to learn more.

The National Institutes of Health and National Institute on Drug Abuse are leading the way in fighting the opioid epidemic.

VIDEO OUTLINE
0:18 What is an opioid?
0:41 Naloxone introduction
0:59 Signs of opioid overdose
1:25 How is naloxone given?
1:50 How does naloxone work?
2:13 How do opioids affect the body?
3:04 Opioid withdrawal symptoms
3:18 Tolerance
3:32 How opioid overdose can lead to death
4:39 NIH HEAL Initiative and NIDA research

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NIH HEAL Inititiative

National Institute on Drug Abuse: Opioid Overdose Reversal with Naloxone (Narcan, Evzio)

MedlinePlus: Opioid Abuse and Addiction

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ANIMATION: Jeff Day
NARRATION: Josie Anderson
MUSIC: “Restless”, by Dimitris Mann; “Endurance Test”, by Eric Chevalier; “Anxiety” instrumental, by Jimmi Jan Joakim Hallstrom, John Henry Andersson

[nicolerome]

My girlfriend overdosed last night and I tried saving her, she stopped breathing her heart stopped as well, called 911 and officers gave her Nalaxone and a few cpr chest compressions and she woke up breathing, and I was crying tears of joy to finally have her back, nalaxone truly is a beautiful thing ... please put the opiates down I almost lost someone really close to me today .

[sleeepybae]

I carry narcan with me in my backpack wherever I go bc I live in an area with a lot of opiod overdoses so I have it ready for if anyone needs it I have used it many times and every time it thankfully brought people back.

[CreamAle]

Was watching body cam stuff and wanted to figure out how narcan worked..

Man, whomever invented that stuff are actual heroes.

[bells]

Ive never seen a drug on the streets that can take your life so quickly, Ive also never seen a drug on the street can revive someone so quickly.

[iloveplasticbottles]

Tbh we need naloxone in first aid kits.

[logospgs]

My mom passed away June 2, 2018 as a result of an overdose from fentanyl laced in cocaine and heroin that she took that morning. Her heart was said to have stopped immediately, but no one knew she was dead for hours. I wish I had called her one more time.

[KigilTV]

This is a great presentation! I wonder who can I ask to re-use this video on my youtube channel. I am a nurse and awareness to this type of incidental injury is very important.

[shellyb]

This is informative but I hate how they described how dependency can start and the withdrawal symptoms bc opioid withdrawal is probably the worst pain on earth and I’ve had my fair share of life experiences to be able to compare the pain pretty well!! Wd are the worst possible pain but it’s all worth it for a better life and I thank god every day I made it through that bc so many people can not it’s not something you can just quit thank god for things like nalaxone and suboxone they truly save so many lives and so many families from so much pain and suffering!!

[MaestroAlvis]

Holding pain killer companies responsible would be a swell move but baring that i guess we'll just have to make super drugs

[colins]

through the time line. most of this hard sht is happening cause marijuana was illegal for so long.

[JulienArbor]

Would you please explain the difference between Naloxone and Subutex? Thank you.

[youngblooberry]

RIP BIG BRO DYLAN 💯💯💯 he got laced weed and his uncle found him 2 hours later 😔

[Dr.JagCobra]

My mom has this Narcan kit in my little brothers stroller. She got it for free (I don’t remember where) and she puts it in the stroller in case she needs it

[SergyMilitaryRankings]

Just saved someone literally hour or so ago

[TheFungusfeet]

Are drug rehabs or dual diagnostic centers in Florida required to have Narcan on hand in their bldgs? My daughter was given suboxen and clonazapam and Librium together and they obviously didn’t check on her for quite awhile as she died as a result. Could Narcan have saved her life? If they had checked on her like they should’ve she wouldn’t have died I know but if they had Narcan why wouldn’t they have tried it??? It angers me to see that her death shouldn’t have happened at all being it her first night there!!! 😡😡😡

[atomicpiano]

This is why I just stick with recreational cannabis lol

[nickfromm]

Is this OTC? Everyone should have access to narcan!

[LIZZIE-lizzie]

This is saving and has saved many lives - including mine in the early 1990s when it was only in injectable form. There was no FASH, then - Phony Alternative Substitite for Heroin i.e. fentanyl - but thank God Narcan works for fentanyl overdoses and it is now in a nasal spray. It's not a good thing to say but as a self respecting heroin addict using for 30 yrs., I won't go near fentanyl and fentanyl got me clean - because I won't use it. After surgery in 2004, my Dr gave me fentanyl patches. They didn't know what the correct dosage was for a human - imagine that! Because of the people I know and where I live, I carry Narcan nasal spray in my bag. Every day I hear of someone who overdosed.
This website published studies of opioid injectors in the Massachusetts area. They showed pictures of the substance in the spoon and withdrawn into the syringe. The colors of the liquid in the syringe and the substance in the spoon with water prove that crap is not heroin. 99% of the time you can see through the liquid in the syringe no matter how dark it is - but yellow, milky, powder that cakes are substances one should never shoot. It's not heroin and chances are it is flesh eating. But if you're using PLEASE carry Narcan. Narcan saves lives. Get on Suboxone film strips. Take a couple for a few days and stop - with no withdrawals - much like methadone. When sentenced for jail I went on the meth program for 4 days. Had one night if no sleep - no other factors - but big deal, sat up a d talked to a C.O. all night. Same with Suboxone. This is the 21st century. There are good medications, today. At 68 years I've been clean for 5 years with the suboxone film strips and have NO DESIRE to use fentanyl. I had been using regularly in the NYC area since my early 30s - late 9bloomer. Please, stay away from that pure garbage, FASH - PHONY ALTERNATIVE SUBSTITUTE FOR HEROIN.

[wannacashmeoutside]

An expired Narcan saved my brothers Life yesterday.

[dbx]

Naloxone sounds like it is very useful in combating opiate addiction. So how easy is it to obtain naloxone? Does it require a prescription?