if narcan doesn’t harm people who aren’t ODing, why do paramedics wait before administering another dose?

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The only reasonable explanation I can think of is ability

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Answer 1

The side effects of Narcan, according to HealthLine, include headaches, muscle spasms, and “pain in your bones”. Keeping those to a minimum sounds pretty awesome, and so unless the person is rapidly shuffling off this mortal coil it makes sense to go easy with the Narcan. 🙂

Also, some people are allergic to it, so after the first dose it makes extra-good sense to pause and watch for signs of anaphylaxis before going any further.

*[Edit: They’re waffling about the allergic reaction; they say allergies have been reported, but the clinical studies on Narcan didn’t observe any, so listing that might just be an “abundance of caution” thing.]*