Claudia Grosz

How Naloxone Works 

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Child with Brace

medical illustration of Once administered, naloxone replaces opioids on the brain receptors that are telling the body to stop breathing. Naloxone has a stronger attraction to the receptors and is not harmful. 

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Rescue Breathing

Once administered, naloxone replaces opioids on the brain receptors that are telling the body to stop breathing. Naloxone has a stronger attraction to the receptors and is not harmful. Copyright Cook County Department of Public Health.

Keywords: Information Graphics, Line with Color, Patient Education, Emergency Medicine, Mechanism of Action (MOA)

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