Womack pharmacies among first military facilities to carry opiate antidote

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Womack Army Medical Center at Fort Bragg is among the first pharmacies in the Defense Health Agency to carry an opiate overdose antidote, officials said.Sold under the brand Narcan, naloxone helps restore breathing to reduce the effects of opiates.Every patient who gets an opioid prescription dispensed at any of the Womack Army Medical Center pharmacies is screened for their risk of opioid-induced respiratory depression, said Maj. Joseph Taylor, assistant chief Womack Army […]

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