When a friend of mine was render unconscious she was given narcan and she was revived. However, she had not taken any opioids. During the course o the day she did however take several over the counter meds or the flu? She was also given a drug test and it was negative. So narcan counteracted what to revive her?
Can Narcan work on anything other than an opioid overdose?
Question posted by knowing on 27 April 2010
Last updated on 2 May 2010 by colinzimmermann
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colinzimmermann
2 May 2010
Three ways this could be... 1.) She took opiates and didn't tell anyone. 2) She regained consciousness on her own - Narcan/Naloxone was a coincidence. 3) She took way too much Loperamide (Imodium) which is an opiate but is sold OTC because it can't cross the blood brain barrier and therefore doesn't get you high... Hope this Helps.
Colin Zimmermann
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