Synonyms for naloxone
nəˈlɒk soʊn, ˈnæl əkˌsoʊnnalox·one

Princeton's WordNet

1. naloxone, Narcannoun

   a potent narcotic antagonist (trade name Narcan) especially effective with morphine

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1. • Narcotic Antagonist

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1. Keith Kinsman:

   It’s absolutely a good idea if you or someone you know is struggling [ with addiction ], you should get naloxone and attend training on how to use it, people say it enables [ drug ] use, but the only thing it enables is breathing. People who are ‘ dope-sick ’ ca n’t recover if they die, and recovery is absolutely more possible now than ever before.

2. Nabarun Dasgupta:

   We’re not going to be able to ramp up naloxone distribution in a game-changing way until we get a better handle on the price, there’s the promise on paper versus on the street, and it’s going to come down to the dollars and cents.

3. Christopher Jones:

   Raising awareness generally is really important -- that's why we wanted to get the research out there, to raise awareness among clinicians and others who might be interacting with people who use drugs to raise awareness about the unpredictability and toxicity in the drug supply, certainly, increasing access to naloxone and ensuring that there are adequate doses of naloxone available is a critical part of the public health response.

4. Edward Boyer:

   They require greater amounts of naloxone than they did in the past, and that’s because of the presence of fentanyl, i’ve had overdose [ patients ] that come in that just do n’t respond to naloxone at all because of either the amount or the potency of the opioid that they have on board.

5. Scott Hadland:

   There is a huge gap here where there is an enormous need for opioid overdose reversal, and yet naloxone is not getting to the places that it needs to be, in my expert opinion, ready availability of naloxone in US households could avert numerous, if not many, overdose deaths that are currently occurring on a daily basis right now.