Sacramento – California residents are now eligible to buy naloxone – the generic drug for Narcan, a drug used to treat opioid overdoses – for $ 24 through the Calrx Brand state prescription website, Governor Governor’s office Gavin Newsom said on Monday.
“Vital drugs should not be delivered with a price that changes life. Calrx is to make essential medicines such as affordable naloxone and accessible for everyone – not a few privileged,” Newsom said in the press release.
Naloxone is an easy -to -use nasal spraying medication that reverses medication overdoses and can save lives. The American centers for the control and prevention of diseases indicate that any risky person of overdose or knows someone who can be in danger should transport naloxone in the event of an emergency.
Governor Gavin Newsom has announced that twin packs from Spray Naloxone HCL 4 milligrams of Calrx brand Naloxone HCL is now available for all Californians for $ 24 per cardboard, almost half of the standard market price.
(Governor’s Press Bureau)
This decision is expanding a program launched last year which made the Naloxone available for eligible organizations such as non -profit organizations, universities and first stakeholders in large quantities for free. The state pays $ 24 per unit in two doses, compared to $ 41 billed by previous suppliers, and has saved $ 17 million since May 2024 according to its Savings Tracker.
Preliminary data until June 2024 showed a decrease in overdose deaths of synthetic opioids in California for the first time since 2018, the Newsom office said. Although the decrease cannot be contributed to a factor, he said, a complete effort to fight against the crisis involving fentanyl and other opioids seems to make a difference.
The decrease in the state reflects a death -died set by unhappy people in the County of Los Angeles while public health officials intensified the distribution of Naloxone last year.
Part of the Newsom plan to combat the opioid crisis included the implementation of naloxone in intermediate and secondary schools through the state, as well as making it largely accessible at a low price via Calrx. A Bill Newsom signed last year may require workplace to store Naloxone in first aid kits by 2028.
Newsom hopes to use CALRX to produce generic versions of insulin, naloxone and other drugs at a cost price, he announced in 2023 alongside a $ 50 million contract with a non-profit manufacturer. Despite several years back on several health care initiatives and Medicaid cuts expected the Trump administration, the governor is still promising to make generic insulin available for $ 30.
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