Colorado\u2019s health department says orders for free doses of the overdose-reversing drug Naloxone (nuh-LOX-own) have tripled in just one year. The department says that program appears to be a key reason that deaths due to fentanyl are finally plateauing in the state\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Health workers say, however, their job is far from finished. When fentanyl first came to Colorado, its dangers weren\u2019t well-known. But it didn\u2019t take long for health officials to take notice\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Andres Guerrero manages the department\u2019s group that tries to save people who overdose. He adds that for the first time last year, fentanyl deaths in Colorado leveled off a bit. He thinks one reason may be that more people are asking his office for Naloxone, to counteract it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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He says lately, the state\u2019s seeing more requests for free Naloxone doses, from schools– as many as 80 last year compared to just 3 in 2021. Colorado isn\u2019t seeing its rate of fentanyl deaths go down, though, and officials like Guerrero don\u2019t know yet if the current plateau will continue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
TAG– The state health department saw the number of deaths from fentanyl use and overdoses go up starting back in 2017, with 81 people dying. In 2021, only 4 years later, that drug took 912 lives in the state\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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