The following statement is attributable to:
Patrice Harris, MD, MA
Chair, AMA Opioid Task Force
AMA Immediate Past President
"The FDA recognized that the drug overdose epidemic is ever-changing, and government regulators must be agile to ensure that patients at risk of an opioid-related overdose have effective medication to help save their lives. By approving a higher dose of naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray product to treat opioid overdose, the FDA is making sure the overdose-reversing drug is potent enough to counteract the increasingly lethal and illicitly manufactured fentanyl and fentanyl analogs. Now, we must make sure that the new version of naloxone is placed on the lowest cost-sharing tier with low or no cost-sharing and also available in pharmacies.
“Communities are looking for tools to respond to the epidemic of drug overdoses, and the FDA action today adds a powerful one."
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