Quality Assessment of Expired Naloxone Products from First-Responders' Supplies.

CONCLUSION: This quality assessment demonstrates that expired naloxone products may still meet USP standards, even after many years. Further pharmaceutical, clinical and regulatory investigation should be conducted to confirm our findings, especially for new naloxone products with different formulations and routes of administration. Extending the shelf-life of naloxone products may have important financial and public health consequences in addressing future drug shortages and meeting the needs for this critical drug. PMID: 30596290 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30596290?dopt=Abstract

Source: Prehospital Emergency Care - January 2, 2019 Category: Endocrinology Tags: Prehosp Emerg Care Source Type: research