Walgreens Zasu Fara Sayar da Narcan, Magungunan da ke Juyar da Yawan Opioid

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Walgreens ya ba da sanarwar cewa za su fara sayo Narcan, wani maganin kan-da-da-kan-da-kan-da-kan-kan da ke maganin allurar opioid, a kowane ɗayan wurarensu a cikin ƙasa baki ɗaya. Ta hanyar samar da wannan maganin cikin sauƙi, Walgreens yana yin babbar sanarwa game da yadda matsalar cutar ta opioid take a Amurka. (Mai Alaƙa: CVS Ya Ce Zai Dakatar da Cika Magungunan Magunguna na Opioid Painkillers tare da Sama da Abincin kwana 7)

"Ta hanyar sa hannun jari na Narcan a cikin dukkanin kantinmu, muna sauƙaƙe wa iyalai da masu kulawa don taimaka wa 'yan uwansu ta hanyar sanya shi a hannu idan ana buƙata," in ji mataimakin shugaban Walgreens Rick Gates a cikin wata sanarwa.

Yawancin masu ba da agajin gaggawa a duk faɗin Amurka suna ɗaukar Narcan kuma suna sayar da shi kai tsaye ga masu amfani da miyagun ƙwayoyi da danginsu tsawon shekaru. Idan an gudanar da shi ba da daɗewa ba, fesa na hanci yana da ikon ceton rayuwar wani idan sun yi yawa akan kowane nau'in magungunan kashe-kashe na opioids da tabar heroin. (Mai alaƙa: Shin Opioids suna da mahimmanci Bayan S-Sashe?)

A cikin shekaru ashirin da suka gabata, yawan amfani da opioids ya karu a Amurka. A cewar Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Kasa, amfani da tabar heroin kadai ya ninka sau hudu tun daga 1999, wanda ya ba da gudummawa ga matsakaicin mutuwar 91 opioid a rana.

Walgreens ya ce za su samar da Narcan ba tare da takardar sayan magani ba a cikin jihohi 45 da ke ba da izinin hakan, kuma yana aiki tare da sauran don samun sauƙin shiga. Suna kuma shirin ilimantar da abokan cinikin su yadda ake amfani da feshin hanci, yayin da suke jaddada cewa ba musanyawa bane don neman ingantaccen kulawar likita.

Wannan yunƙurin na kamfanin magunguna ya zo daidai lokacin da Shugaba Donald Trump ya ayyana cutar ta opioid gaggawa ta lafiyar ƙasa. Ya kira rikicin a matsayin "abin kunya na kasa" - wanda yake da tabbacin Amurka za ta "yi nasara," a cewar CNN..

Yana da mahimmanci a tuna cewa jaraba baya nuna bambanci. (Takeauki wannan matar da ta ɗauki magungunan kashe ƙwari don raunin ƙwallon kwando ta kuma shiga cikin jarabar tabar heroin) (Dubi waɗannan alamun gargaɗin cin zarafin miyagun ƙwayoyi.)

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