FDA has approved a device the size of a cell phone that could save lives. The Evzio is used to inject a drug called naloxone that uncouples opioid drugs from their receptors. First responders have long used naloxone to prevent heroin or narcotic overdose deaths.
Still, there are an estimated 16,000 deaths from narcotic overdose each year. If family members and friends had access to the Evzio, some of these deaths would be preventable. There would be a better opportunity to get victims to lifesaving emergency care. The device will be available by prescription, and the cost has not been announced.
