FDA Approves Evizio Portable Opioid Overdose Treatment Device

On April 3, 2014, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Evzio, a portable opioid overdose treatment device that delivers a single naloxone hydrocholoride injection. Naloxone, the standard treatment for opioid overdose, is a medication that rapidly reverses overdose effects, such as decreased breathing or heart rates and loss of consciousness. Existing naloxone drugs require administration via syringe and are most often used by trained medical personnel in emergency departments and ambulances. Evzio is intended for use by family members and caregivers to treat a person known or suspected to have had an opioid overdose. The treatment is . . .