The company who has shown in recent history to care more about its customers’ heath then making a profit by announcing that it is going to stop selling cigarettes at all of its stores, has done it again.
CVS is going to sell Naloxone, which is used to counter act overdoses from opiates, over the counter.
“Over 44,000 people die from accidental drug overdoses every year in the United States and most of those deaths are from opioids, including controlled substance pain medication and illegal drugs such as heroin," Tom Davis, vice president of pharmacy professional practices at CVS, said in a statement.
CVS will be adding the stores in 12 more states to the list of places where the drug will be sold with no prescription, making a total of 14 states.
The states are: Arkansas, California, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
“While all 7,800 CVS Pharmacy stores nationwide can continue to order and dispense naloxone when a prescription is presented, we support expanding naloxone availability without a prescription and are reviewing opportunities to do so in other states," Davis said.
Naloxone, or Narcan, is not addictive and works by blocking the opioid receptors in the brain.
Some argue that allowing this drug to be easily available will encourage people who are addicted to opiates to keep using or use more. The thought is that wide access to Naloxone will take away the fear of an overdose, allowing them to abuse drugs such as heroin and painkillers and a more rapid rate.
However, when you give Naloxone to someone who is overdosing, it could send them in to rapid withdrawal, will all of the painful withdrawal symptoms to go with it. Supporters say that this makes it pretty unlikely to lead people who are addicted to abuse it, considering a large number of them don’t go into treatment because the fear of withdrawals.
CVS is not the only pharmacy that is selling Naloxone over the counter there are many smaller, independent, pharmacies that have started doing the same thing.
Some feel that the Food and Drug Administration should make it available everywhere without a prescription.
FDA spokesman told HuffPost in April that for the FDA to consider such a broad step, a manufacturer would first have to apply to sell the drug without a prescription.
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CVS is going to sell Naloxone, which is used to counter act overdoses from opiates, over the counter.
“Over 44,000 people die from accidental drug overdoses every year in the United States and most of those deaths are from opioids, including controlled substance pain medication and illegal drugs such as heroin," Tom Davis, vice president of pharmacy professional practices at CVS, said in a statement.
CVS will be adding the stores in 12 more states to the list of places where the drug will be sold with no prescription, making a total of 14 states.
The states are: Arkansas, California, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Utah, Wisconsin, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
“While all 7,800 CVS Pharmacy stores nationwide can continue to order and dispense naloxone when a prescription is presented, we support expanding naloxone availability without a prescription and are reviewing opportunities to do so in other states," Davis said.
Naloxone, or Narcan, is not addictive and works by blocking the opioid receptors in the brain.
Some argue that allowing this drug to be easily available will encourage people who are addicted to opiates to keep using or use more. The thought is that wide access to Naloxone will take away the fear of an overdose, allowing them to abuse drugs such as heroin and painkillers and a more rapid rate.
However, when you give Naloxone to someone who is overdosing, it could send them in to rapid withdrawal, will all of the painful withdrawal symptoms to go with it. Supporters say that this makes it pretty unlikely to lead people who are addicted to abuse it, considering a large number of them don’t go into treatment because the fear of withdrawals.
CVS is not the only pharmacy that is selling Naloxone over the counter there are many smaller, independent, pharmacies that have started doing the same thing.
Some feel that the Food and Drug Administration should make it available everywhere without a prescription.
FDA spokesman told HuffPost in April that for the FDA to consider such a broad step, a manufacturer would first have to apply to sell the drug without a prescription.
For more information please check: https://detoxtorehab.com/
