Kids Considered™

Kids Considered™


Naloxone and Opioid Overdose

May 03, 2023

In this episode we bring attention to a potentially life saving drug. The FDA recently approved the opioid reversal agent Naloxone (Narcan) nasal spray to be made available over the counter without a prescription. In this podcast we talk with Dr. Daniel Colby, an emergency and addiction medicine physician, about the dangers of opioid misuse, what opioids are, how to recognize an overdose and how and when to administer this life saving medication.


This episode was written by Dr. Lena van der List, Dr. Dean Blumberg & Daniel Colby. 


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