Naloxone & Neophobia

[moorej at marshall.edu]

In article <3n3i91$mum at engnews2.Eng.Sun.COM>, wnelson at Eng.Sun.COM (Will Nelson) writes:
> David at longley.demon.co.uk (David Longley) writes:
> 
>>Can anuyone tell me if NALOXONE is used medically? If so, and anyone has any
>>personal experience (as a recipient or observer) please let me know.
>>-- 
> 
> Naloxone is used medically in the treatment of opiate overdoses.
> Naltrexone is usually preferred because of its longer duration
> of action. In either case, they can reverse the respiratory
> depression, which is the usual cause of death in overdoses.
> 
> Administration of these drugs to non-dependent humans
> doesn't really do too much.
> 
> --
> Will Nelson
> Release Engineering
> SunSoft
> wnelson at dna.eng.sun.com

Naltrexone is sometimes used in the treatment of some forms of autism.

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