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Thought narcan only worked on opioids
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Submitted 2 days ago by Patnou@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 days ago
theneverfox@pawb.social 2 days ago
Maybe? I’d recommend giving them an orange to peel before shooting unrelated drugs up their nose, but it might work
nocturne@slrpnk.net 2 days ago
I thought narcan was only for opiates. How does it work on acid, meth, and so forth?
thesohoriots@lemmy.world 2 days ago
No, for reasons previous answers have stated. Stuff like antipsychotics (risperidone) will stop LSD and shroom trips though.
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Really? You’ve seen it work on meth?
For weed, just tell them they’ll be fine and wait it out.
just_another_person@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Narcan doesn’t eliminate being high in any sort of psychological or emotional way. It blocks opioid effects by flooding available receptors and preventing opioids from attaching to them.
It’s like a box of those outlet socket protectors people use to baby proof a home…on a microscopic level.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
Its absolutely scary that this person posts like they run an ER and don’t know this basic information…
Devial@discuss.online 2 days ago
According to their profile they’re a traveling nurse, which makes the lack of knowledge on a fairly common and extremely life saving medication very worrying indeed.
Patnou@lemmy.world 2 days ago
My brother was a heroin addict so we have Narcan around my younger brother came home extremely ripped off of weed that is why i asked.
AlchemicalAgent@mander.xyz 2 days ago
It does indeed only work on opioids. However, at least in my area a lot of the other street drugs are laced with fentanyl. Giving Narcan to someone ODing on a laced drug would temporarily reverse the OD for fentanyl but do nothing for the primary drug. Still probably enough to save their life, though.