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    Quote Originally Posted by Bill Nesbitt View Post
    Has there ever been an instance where someone was saved by Naloxone and immediately quit doing drugs?
    I snorted a bit...Usually they just immediately hate you...

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    Quote Originally Posted by 45dotACP View Post
    ...Usually they just immediately hate you...
    It doesn't surprise me anymore, but the rookies always look at me funny when I tell them to get ready to fight a person who is barely breathing. They come up swinging probably about a third of the time, from my experience.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 45dotACP View Post
    I snorted a bit...Usually they just immediately hate you...
    Quote Originally Posted by tanner View Post
    It doesn't surprise me anymore, but the rookies always look at me funny when I tell them to get ready to fight a person who is barely breathing. They come up swinging probably about a third of the time, from my experience.
    IV narcan = insta-withdrawal!
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    "Has there ever been an instance where someone was saved by Naloxone and immediately quit doing drugs? "
    I know of one person--they went into respiratory arrest the first time someone shot them up with heroin, by pure luck were saved by prompt narcan and CPR, and have never done it again over the past 20 years or so....
    Facts matter...Feelings Can Lie

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    Quote Originally Posted by DocGKR View Post
    I know of one person--they went into respiratory arrest the first time someone shot them up with heroin, by pure luck were saved by prompt narcan and CPR, and have never done it again over the past 20 years or so....
    Well...at least there's the one right?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DocGKR View Post
    I know of one person--they went into respiratory arrest the first time someone shot them up with heroin, by pure luck were saved by prompt narcan and CPR, and have never done it again over the past 20 years or so....
    Probably largely for the best that such was their 1st IV heroin experience. I have been told there is no rush quite like it. Having the memory tainted by (hopefully effective) chest compressions and a trip to the ED probably took some of the shine off it.

    By the way, I got the book you recommended yesterday and I am already halfway through it. Great read.

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    I also highly recommend Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air if you have not read it yet.
    Facts matter...Feelings Can Lie

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    Heroin Overdose Epidemic - what is your perspective?

    Damn Doc. I'm through the preface and introduction and I'm already hooked.

    I've been having some pretty Frank discussions with my 10 year old daughter about drugs and opiates in particular. She is very bright and is learning a lot from our conversations. I'm excited to be able to share some of this book with her.

    Thank you for the recommendation.
    Last edited by JDM; 06-30-2016 at 06:05 PM. Reason: I production != introduction
    Nobody is impressed by what you can't do. -THJ

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    This popped up in my FB feed today, and I remembered this thread.

    http://www.aol.com/article/2016/04/0...share_facebook

    What a nasty substance.

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    Heroin Overdose Epidemic - what is your perspective?

    Can someone explain to me why Naloxone for nasal administration isn't an OTC drug?
    Last edited by JDM; 08-30-2016 at 09:57 PM.
    Nobody is impressed by what you can't do. -THJ

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