by RxSafe Marin | Sep 12, 2019 | Opioid Epidemic, Public Health Advisory
Marin County Public Health has issued an advisory to healthcare providers after regional law enforcement agencies seized a large number of counterfeit 30-milligram Percocet pills that contain fentanyl – not oxycodone hydrochloride – as their sole active...
by RxSafe Marin | Apr 16, 2019 | News, Public Health Advisory
To prevent misuse and keep medications from entering our waterways, please dispose of unused prescription and over-the-counter medications responsibly. Flushing unused or expired medications down the sink or toilet can pollute the environment. Learn more at...
by RxSafe Marin | Apr 12, 2019 | Opioid Epidemic, Public Health Advisory
The use of very potent synthetic opioids is an increasing trend nationally, and it hit home earlier this month, when a woman and her friends unwittingly ingested a powerful synthetic opioid in San Rafael. Unfortunately, the Pt. Richmond mother of two did not survive....
by RxSafe Marin | Jan 23, 2019 | California, Drug and Needle Disposal, Naloxone, News, Opioid Epidemic, Public Health Advisory
A recent surge in fentanyl overdoses in Marin County and beyond has prompted an urgent local initiative to make the antidote drug naloxone more available to the public through pharmacies. Dr. Jeff DeVido of Marin County Health and Human Services holds up an intranasal...
by RxSafe Marin | Jan 15, 2019 | Naloxone, Opioid Epidemic, Public Health Advisory
Our community goal is for every Marin pharmacy to furnish naloxone to anyone in need or to anyone who knows someone in need. Pharmacists play a vital role in our opioid epidemic response and Marin Health & Human Services and RxSafe Marin are here to support...
by RxSafe Marin | Nov 2, 2018 | Opioid Epidemic, Public Health Advisory
Opioid addiction is treatable. RxSafe Marin has a goal to increase the amount of buprenorphine, a medicine that treats opioid addiction, prescribed in Marin by at least ten percent in 2019. Marin is home to a shining example of opioid addiction treatment in a primary...
