PHILADELPHIA (KYW Newsradio) — The Wolf administration announced on Thursday a recent milestone in filling 10,000 requests for naloxone through a mail-based program.
Naloxone is a medication approved by the FDA to rapidly reverse an opioid overdose. Also known as Narcan, it quickly restores a person’s breathing if it has slowed or stopped because of the overdose.
The program allows residents to request and receive naloxone for free in the mail. People can watch a training video and receive naloxone for free via a state partner called NEXT Distro.
To qualify for the program, applicants must view a short training video, answer a few confidential questions and provide mailing information.
Almost 36,000 doses of naloxone have been provided to people in all 67 counties in Pennsylvania since the start of the program in 2020.
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Hadas Kuznits contributed to this report.