WHO recommends naloxone to prevent 20,000 overdose deaths in U.S.

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WHO recommends naloxone to prevent 20,000 overdose deaths in U.S.

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/recommends-naloxone-prevent-20-000-overdose-deaths-u-120045418.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2vyYjx3l5PELfzHDPF_IkA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2014-11-04T120045Z_1_LYNXMPEAA30E2_RTROPTP_2_USA-HEROIN-ANTIDOTE.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A nasal injection containing the overdose-reversing drug naloxone is seen at the police headquarters in Quincy" align="left" title="A nasal injection containing the overdose-reversing drug naloxone is seen at the police headquarters in Quincy" border="0" /></a>By Tom Miles GENEVA (Reuters) - More than 20,000 deaths might be prevented every year in the United States alone if naloxone, used to counter drug overdoses, was more widely available, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. Few countries have such good data as the United States, but the WHO estimates about 69,000 people around the world die each year from overdoses of heroin or other opioids, with Iran, Russia and China known to have high numbers of opioid users. ...</p><br clear="all"/>

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