State Senate Votes to Expand Use of Heroin Overdose Antidote; Sends Bill to …

Published February 23, 2014

State Senate votes to expand use of heroin overdose antidote; sends bill to …
Lawmakers in Columbus unanimously passed a bill that expands the use of the heroin overdose antidote Naloxone, allowing first responders, friends and family members of addicts to carry it. The bill … The Ohio Senate unanimously approved House Bill …
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Drug fails to benefit brain-cancer patients
The Food and Drug Administration has given its approval to use the drug in recurrent cases, when a patient already has gone through typical treatment and has a growing tumor. That was based on studies that showed apparent improvements when …
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Virginia OKs execution drug that led to lawsuit in Ohio
The sedative midazolam — one of the drugs recently used in an Ohio execution that prompted a lawsuit — will serve as an alternative first drug in Virginia's three-drug protocol. Virginia's shortage of chemicals … Midazolam is commonly used for …
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