Padagis Naloxone HCI Nasal Spray, 4 mg – Emergency Treatment for Opioid Overdose - Rapid-Response Opioid Overdose Reversal, 2 Dose Single Use Nasal Spray

Useful and cheap good to have with you at parties

As a nurse, I know this a safe, effective, easy to use product that can save a life. Someone in the home is using a transdermal opiate and my concern was that a child or even one of my cats could accidentally ingest an improperly disposed of patch, as kids and pets get into everything! Naloxone will work on dogs and cats too. *Note: If the first dose is allowed to wear off, it is possible and often likely, that the ingested opiate can “take over” again with the same overdose effects. The second dose in this pack can be used, but prompt emergency treatment is always needed. The duration of one effectively administered dose allows approx 20-30 minutes to seek emergency medical attention for the person or pet..☠️

Good to have for emergencies hoping to never use it!

Happy to have this in my mobile first aid kit. I have personally seen this Naloxone bring folks back from the brink and its ease of use makes of compelling case for carrying it. That being said, I hope I never have to administer it. I do wish that the product was more temperature tolerant, especially in motor vehicles, so I keep it in an insulated bag out of the direct sun.

Pretty basic and easily administered, especially to an unconscious person. Convenient known lifesaving medication. As an emergency physician, I have given hundreds of doses of this over 30 years. The feeling you have when someone goes from barely breathing to talking and looking around is indescribable. It is truly amazing how many people have access to opioids that you would not suspect, especially with the pervasiveness of fentanyl in our country. So, I bought these not for myself, but for a child, or friend, or neighbor, or stranger on the street. It is not cheap, but when balanced with someone’s life, it is a justifiable purchase. It may be worth asking your local congressman why we must pay this rate, when any Canadian can walk into their local pharmacy and walk out with a naloxone pack for free! Finally, remember! - the lifesaving effects of naloxone will wear off before the effects of the opioids will be gone. So, just because someone responds and wakes up, they may very well begin to lapse back into unconsciousness again as the naloxone wears off. Call an ambulance or get them to an emergency room - NOW! This is advice from someone who has seen too many people who never got naloxone, or got it too late - too many people…….