Take-home naloxone kits for overdoses in N.B.
A take-home naloxone kit program is launching in North Battleford to help prevent overdose deaths.
Naloxone is an antidote to opioids including fentanyl, morphine, heroin and oxycodone. It can restore breathing to someone experiencing an overdose when properly administered.
Kits with naloxone and syringes are available free of charge at the Battlefords Sexual Health Clinic on Thursdays between 9:30 a.m. and 12 p.m beginning on Oct. 20.
Program lead with the Prairie North Health Region, Merle Nightingale. said the program is mostly a pre-emptive measure in Saskatchewan.