(WBBM NEWSRADIO) – The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued an updated order, making clear that schools can get opioid blockers like Naloxone without a prescription.
In January, a new law took effect requiring public and private Illinois schools to keep a supply of opioid "antagonists,” or drugs that reverse the effects of opioids.
This updated public health order underscores the point that schools can get these antagonist drugs without a prescription.
Naloxone is one of those drugs. A newer one is Nalmefene, which is longer acting.
State officials say that during the last school year, there were 10 incidents in which school personnel gave students an opioid antagonist during school hours.
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