Here's how the drug naloxone can stop opioid overdoses. Once she regained consciousness, she called her mother and told her that she had died but that doctors had then saved her with an opioid overdose antidote known as naloxone. The friend died of an overdose, Shuttleworth said. In 2015, about 2,000 Canadians died from opioid overdoses, according to the Canadian Medical Association Journal, though experts say that these numbers are merely estimaties. In the case involving Shuttleworth's daughter, Thompson said, "we can only say it was a very potent opioid.

Source: Washington Post November 21, 2016 17:49 UTC