{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"Opioid overdose drug will soon be available without a prescription &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"F4jkTLz4YO\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/opiod-overdose-drug-will-soon-available-counter\/\">Opioid overdose drug will soon be available without a prescription<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/opiod-overdose-drug-will-soon-available-counter\/embed\/#?secret=F4jkTLz4YO\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Opioid overdose drug will soon be available without a prescription&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"F4jkTLz4YO\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Unknown.png","thumbnail_width":199,"thumbnail_height":150,"description":"A life-saving opioid overdose reversal medication should soon be available without a prescription thanks to a statewide prescription written by a Kentucky physician. Dr. Shawn Ryan, an Assistant Professor and a Physician of Emergency and Addiction Medicine at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, signed the prescription for Walgreens&#8217;. Walgreens\u2019 pharmacies across the state recently agreed to cooperate with the effort to make the drug widely available. \u201cThere\u2019re a few more steps that have to happen. It may not be immediately available at all sites,\u201d Ryan said in an interview with the News Journal. \u201cThere\u2019s kind of a roll out period in Kentucky.\u201d There are multiple naloxone products available that are intended for us in the community setting, including NARCAN\u00ae Nasal Spray, the first and only FDA-approved naloxone nasal spray that requires no training or assembly and can be administered easily by any layperson. Ryan said naloxone has no side effects, no potential for abuse, and has been proven in clinical studies to be \u201csafer than Tylenol or Advil.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s especially easy and safe in this new nasal spray format,\u201d he said. \u201cIf it\u2019s delivered in a timely fashion, even with the most powerful opioids, it\u2019s been proven to be very effective.\u201d \u201cIf I had a truckload of it I could hand out without rules, I would. I know that it\u2019s safe and I know that it is needed.\u201d The effort to make the drug widely available comes at a crucial time when opioid-related overdoses are at their highest rate in Kentucky, which saw 885 opioid-related overdose deaths in 2015, an increase of 21 percent since 2014. A pharmacist with Walgreens\u2019 in Corbin said Tuesday that naloxone is not yet available without a prescription at that particular store, but it should be at some point in the future. Ryan said the idea is for family members of known drug abusers to have the drug on hand so they can administer it in case of an overdose. Typically, family and close friends are the first on the scene of any overdose and would be able to give the drug in a timely fashion. Ryan said Kroger pharmacies, Rite Aid and others have been supportive of the idea along with Walgreens\u2019."}