Question by Yasmine: A very simple question…?
Its been more than 3 months now since i recovered from “Yahoo Answers addiction” and i miss u guys.
My only question is hows everyone doing?
i hope all of you are doing great
luv ya:)
Thank u all, its so nice seeing u again.
i’m so glad to see all of u in a good mood and doing well
Take care:)
Luv u more

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Answer by EternalSunshineOfTheSpotlessMind
so you’ve recovered from the addiction… and you’re coming back to it now? congrats! welcome back to cool. luv ya. 🙂

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Question by Liz: What exactly are the current barriers to naloxone access?
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In response to mark, I’m actually on the medication, well on suboxone which has naloxone in it. So do you think that’s the one and only barrier to getting it? And I know that you have to go through a program to get it in the first place, in Maine there’s a waiting list. Maybe this means making it more available and not needing a specialized doctor to prescribe it?

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Answer by Mark R
One is that it can only be prescribed by a liscensed physician with a specialty in drug addiction treatment. “narcan” is what is given to stop an overdose of opiates since it it is a competitive inhibitor of opiate receptors.

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Answer by Emily W
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