September 29, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, Michael Botticelli, naloxone, National Drug Control Policy, prescription drug abuse, Tom Davis
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health has extended nonprescription access to the opioid overdose-reversal drug naloxone to five more states. CVS said Thursday that patients can now get the medication at CVS Pharmacy locations in Alabama, Alaska, Illinois, Missouri and West Virginia without a prescription, allowing CVS Pharmacy patients to access the medication without an individual
March 7, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, CVS Pharmacy, Michael Botticelli, naloxone, opioid overdose-reversal medication, Tom Davis
Leading Headlines, Pharmacy, Retail News
WOONSOCKET, R.I. — CVS Health is expanding access to the opioid overdose-reversal medication naloxone to another eight states. The company said Monday that CVS Pharmacy stores in Connecticut, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia and Vermont will be able to dispense naloxone to patients in these states without a prescription by the end
February 22, 2016 by Brian Bossetta and Chain Drug Review
drug abuse, medication disposal kiosks, Michael Botticelli, naloxone, National Drug Control Policy, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens
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DEERFIELD, Ill. — In an effort to stem the misuse of prescriptions and the rising incidence of overdoses, Walgreen Co. recently announced the launch of a new initiative to combat drug abuse. Aligning with public and private sector campaigns, Walgreens is making opioid-overdose antidote naloxone available without a prescription in most of its stores. The
February 9, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
Bob Dold, drug abuse, Mark Kirk, medication disposal kiosks, Michael Botticelli, naloxone, National Drug Control Policy, Richard Ashworth, Walgreens
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DEERFIELD, Ill. — Aligning with public- and private-sector efforts to fight drug abuse, Walgreens plans to make opioid-overdose antidote naloxone available without a prescription in most of its stores and deploy medication disposal receptacles in hundreds of stores. Walgreens launched the initiatives Tuesday in an event at its Washington, D.C., flagship store attended by White House
February 1, 2016 by Chain Drug Review
CVS Health, Medication Disposal for Safer Communities Program, Michael Botticelli, Mike DeWine, naloxone, opioid overdose reversal drug, Tom Davis
Pharmacy, Retail News
TOLEDO, Ohio — CVS Health plans to make the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone available without a prescription at all CVS/pharmacy stores in Ohio starting in late March. CVS announced the measure Monday at a press conference in Toledo with Michael Botticelli, White House national drug control policy director; Mike DeWine, Ohio’s attorney general; John