As /u/2cblover asserted, and as I tried to highlight a year ago, again I am writing to make it known that people in the USA can buy NARCAN ® Nasal Spray (which contains naloxone HCl - a heroin / fentanyl / opioid overdose reversal medication) over-the-counter (OTC) at pharmacies in most US states.
OTC means "over-the-counter" which means you DO NOT NEED A PRESCRIPTION to buy it. It is stocked behind the counter in the pharmacy, and you can just buy it. Narcan used to available by prescription only, but with all the fentanyl and fentanyl analogs mixed in with heroin or sold as heroin these days, it has become available for average people in most US states. I guess some drug warriors have finally started valuing life and relented on one on their idiotic prohibitionist policies that lead directly to human death.
So... where to get it?
Since they have laws allowing OTC sales or their their pharmacy board approved it, Naloxone kits of some kind should be available at every pharmacy that stocks it in at least these states:
- California
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Oklahoma
- Rhode Island
- Washington
There are others. If your pharmacy in the above states does not have it, ask them to stock it.
U.S. RETAIL PHARMACY "PROGRAMS" & STATES WHERE IT IS SOLD
WALGREENS
In February 2016, Walgreens announced its plan to make naloxone available prescription-free in 35 states in Washington, D.C. in accordance with each state's pharmacy regulations. When the effort is complete, more than 7,000 of the company's nearly 8,200 stores will dispense naloxone without a prescription. Narcan (Naloxone) is available OTC at Walgreens pharmacies, "primarily in 24-hour locations" via the Walgreens Naloxone Program in these US states:
- Alabama
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- District of Columbia
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- Nebraska
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York (including Duane Reade pharmacies in NY)
- North Carolina
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- Wisconsin
CVS PHARMACY
Narcan is available OTC at CVS/Pharmacy locations in these US states:
- Arkansas
- California
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Montana
- New Jersey
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Utah
- Wisconsin
- "more states" soon
RITE AID
Narcan is available OTC at Rite Aid pharmacies in these US states:
- Alabama
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Idaho
- Indiana
- Kentucky
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- North Carolina
- New Hampshire
- New York
- Ohio
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Rhode Island
- Vermont
SAFEWAY / ALBERTSONS
- Idaho (some locations at least)
- There are probably lots of others, find me the info and I'll add it here.
KMART PHARMACY
- California (at least some)
- There are probably lots of others, find me the info and I'll add it here.
OTHER PHARMACIES
Doubtless there are others. Top US Pharmacies by # of stores:
- CVS / Target
- Walgreens
- Rite Aid
- Walmart
- Kroger
- Kmart
- Medicine Shoppe
- Safeway / Albertsons / Dominick's
- Publix Pharmacy
- Costco Pharmacies
CANADA
Also it is available at some pharmacies in Canada as a "take home kit."
HOW TO USE NARCAN / NALOXONE
OVERDOSE RESPONSE: http://harmreduction.org/issues/overdose-prevention/overview/overdose-basics/responding-to-opioid-overdose/
Dosage Forms: Traditional naloxone hydrochloride is available as a solution for IV injection containing 0.4 mg/mL, but alternative dosage forms have become available.
- Injectable [generic] 0.4 mg/mL IM / SC
- Auto-injector ["Evzio" brand] 0.4 mg/0.4 mL IM / SC
- Intranasal spray ["Narcan" brand] 4 mg/0.1 mL IN
- Intranasal atomizer [generic] 1 mg/mL IN
i'm a walgreens man m'self