Can’t get pain meds after KASPER exposed your nasty habit, so you turned to your old friend heroin? Or you can still get your pain meds, just haven’t learned when enough is enough? Is the fear of stopping breathing really putting a damper on your narcotic addiction? Have no fear, Evzio is here.

This is old news as it was FDA approved in April, and my friend from NY says it is already being used there, but I hadn’t heard anyone talking about it. Evzio is similar to an EpiPen, but delivers a single dose of 0.4mg of naloxone instead. Once it is turned on, it gives verbal instructions in how to use it. It is now available by prescription only.

Has anyone written a prescription for this, or do you see yourself doing so in the near future? Obs your heroin addictions, give them a prescription, and out the door? Not sure how much it costs, but I saw one report that it may cost as much as $500. Goodrx.com lists the price as $591 for one kit of 2 autoinjectors, with a coupon.

http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/ucm391465.htm

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/04/health/fda-approves-portable-drug-overdose-treatment.html