UT Austin giving students, staff, and faculty free Narcan

[crash_davis 23038]

Posted this on the West Point thread in the Football forum but thought it deserved it's own thread. Props to UT for trying to prevent accidental overdoses. I wonder if a certain former player's brother's needless death had something to do with this. Whatever the reason, good of UT Austin on this.

https://www.kvue.com/article/news/education/university-of-texas/university-of-texas-narcan-students-staff-faculty-free/269-c48ea0db-409b-47c9-988d-30dd6256d7eb

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University of Texas now providing Narcan to students, staff and faculty for free

Narcan, or naloxone, is used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. It's now available at a library on campus and in all on-campus residence halls.

 

Author: KVUE Staff

Published: 3:25 PM CDT March 17, 2022

Updated: 5:58 PM CDT March 17, 2022

 

AUSTIN, Texas — The University of Texas said it is now providing a potentially life-saving medication used to reverse the effects of an opioid overdose for free to everyone on campus.

In addition to being available for emergency access in all on-campus residence halls, Narcan, or naloxone, is now available for free to UT students, faculty and staff at the Perry-Castañeda Library in the form of a nasal spray.

 

The move comes after Austin-Travis County EMS (ATCEMS) saw at least 12 people taken to the hospital early this month due to drug overdoses. There were a total of seven incidents in the downtown area, and two people died on the scene.

 

Healthyhorns tweeted on Thursday that the Perry-Castañeda Library is both a distribution hub and emergency access point, meaning it can be picked up for immediate use or to take home for potential later use.

 

[crash_davis 23038]

have a stupid question. it's in the form of a nasal spray. what if the OD person isn't breathing? is that person dead, or dread pirate roberts mostly dead?

[NeverMarryAStripper 21765]

Narcan is absorbed through the mucus membrane in the nose and it is not required that it be inhaled.