NARCAN at Westfield Pharmacy

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services Division of Behavioral Health is teaming up with the Nebraska Pharmacists Association and Region II Systems for a statewide project that will distribute FREE naloxone nasal spray kits at Westfield Pharmacy, 1845 West ‘A’, North Platte, NE.

Naloxone is an antidote to an opioid overdose.

Opioids are medications that act on the receptors in the spinal cord and brain to reduce pain intensity and activate reward regions in the brain, causing the euphoria that can lead to misuse and opioid use disorder. Common opioids include prescription medications used to treat pain, such as morphine, codeine, methadone, oxycodone, hydrocodone, fentanyl, and hydromorphone, and illicit drugs as heroin.

Naloxone binds to the opioid receptors in the brain, preventing opioids from binding there, which can temporarily reverse and overdose.

Naloxone is not a controlled substance and cannot be abused, and only works if opioids are present in the system.