Officials: Prescriptions on the rise for overdose antidote

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) – New Mexico is seeing a significant increase in the number of prescriptions for an overdose antidote being dispensed from community pharmacies.
The state Health Department on Monday reported there were 285 Medicaid claims from nearly three dozen pharmacies for naloxone in the first quarter of 2016. That’s a fivefold increase over the same period last year.
State officials say one of New Mexico’s overdose prevention strategies calls for expanding access to n