NC university making Narcan available to students

Naloxone sign in pharmacy(WNCT, February 15) East Carolina University’s Student Health Services announced that ECU students will have access to the lifesaving medication naloxone, better known as Narcan.

Beginning Monday, Narcan, an opioid antagonist used for the complete or partial reversal of opioid overdose including respiratory depression, can be picked up at the Student Health Services (SHS) pharmacy on the main campus.

ECU joins more than a dozen other universities across the country with similar programs, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Read more.