Welcome Fastest Labs of East Louisville
SOS for Addictions welcomes Fastest Labs to it’s resource listing for those searching for reliable drug, alcohol and DNA testing. FastestLabs® provides the most accurate lab testing services in East Louisville and throughout the nation. They offer full-service paternity, drug, alcohol, and DNA testing services at their clean and modern laboratories. Their wide variety of available lab tests is designed to measure everything from the genetic relationship between individuals to recent alcohol consumption and longer-term drug use. FastestLabs® of East Louisville is truly your one-stop shop for virtually any lab test, and you can count on the accuracy of the results.
2110 Watterson Trail
Louisville, KY 40299
(502) 443-9928 Appointments are preferred for your safety! After hours and post-accident 24/7 service available.
FDA approves once-monthly injectable buprenorphine product
Dec. 1,2017
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) this week announced it has approved a once-monthly injectable buprenorphine product for the treatment of opioid use disorder in patients who have started treatment with a sublingual film buprenorphine-containing product, such as Suboxone. Sublocade, the once-monthly injectable, is designed for patients who have been on a stable dose of buprenorphine treatment for seven days.
Prior to its approval by the FDA, Sublocade was evaluated in two clinical studies of 848 adults with diagnoses of moderate-to-severe OUD who had begun treatment with a sublingual film buprenorphine product. Results showed patients treated with Sublocade had more weeks without positive urine tests or self-reports of opioid use, and a higher portion of patients exhibited no signs of illicit opioid use through the treatment period when compared with a placebo group.
Read the entire article at https://www.addictionpro.com/article/treatment/fda-approves-once-monthly-injectable-buprenorphine-product-0?utm_campaign=Enews&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=59109397&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_HEXjNErtqkoZZbyPEjs0xr-oSBC2aiypx8ah35UksnJioysivS_ccv03AEk6TBFUdUA5LZlv025KZdiI0mQR-kkOs_Q&_hsmi=59109397
Innovative device to treat opioid withdrawal
FDA permits marketing of the first device for use in helping to reduce the symptoms of opioid withdrawal
Need for follow up care following Naloxone rescue
MONDAY, Oct. 30, 2017 (HealthDay News) — Opioid addicts saved by the overdose reversal medication naloxone are still in danger following their close brush with death, a new study shows. About 10 percent of overdose patients saved with naloxone (Narcan) in Massachusetts hospitals ended up dying within a year, Harvard researchers reported. Further, half of those who died did so within one month of their rescue, the investigators found.
Read the full article:
https://www.tgh.org/news/healthday/lethal-dangers-lurk-even-after-opioid-od-rescue
Free Naloxone/Narcan training – October 12, 2017 (Spencer County)
You can save the life of a loved one!
OVERDOSE PREVENTION
FREE NARCAN AND NARCAN TRAINING
What is Naloxone Nasal Spray?
Naloxone Nasal Spray can reverse overdoses caused by prescription pain pills or heroin use.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
9:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m.
SPENCER COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
88 Spears Drive, Taylorsville, KY 40071
*Limited supply
The Kentucky Department for Public Health, the Kentucky Pharmacists Association, and the County Health Department will be offering free Naloxone education and kits to everyone 18 years or older.
Click on the following link for event information: Naloxone Flyer SPENCER
Free Naloxone/Narcan Training- October 11, 2017 (Henry County)
You can save the life of a loved one!
OVERDOSE PREVENTION
FREE NARCAN and TRAINING
What is Naloxone Nasal Spray?
Naloxone Nasal Spray can reverse overdoses caused by prescription pain pills or heroin use.
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
1:30 p.m. — 3:30 p.m.
HENRY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
75 Park Road, New Castle, KY 40050
*Limited supply
The Kentucky Department for Public Health, the Kentucky Pharmacists Association, and the County Health Department will be offering free Naloxone education and kits to everyone 18 years or older.
Click on the following link for more information: Narcan Training HC
Free Narcan/Naloxone Training- October 12, 2017 (Shelby County)
You can save the life of a loved one!
OVERDOSE PREVENTION
FREE NARCAN and Training
What is Naloxone Nasal Spray?
Naloxone Nasal Spray can reverse overdoses caused by prescription pain pills or heroin use.
Thursday, October 12, 2017
12:30 p.m. — 2:30 p.m.
SHELBY COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
615 11TH STREET, SHELBYVILLE, KY 40065
*Limited supply
The Kentucky Department for Public Health, the Kentucky Pharmacists Association, and the County Health Department will be offering free Naloxone education and kits to everyone 18 years or older.
Click on following link for event information: Naloxone Flyer Shelby
Shelby County Community Drug Forum – October 5, 2017
COMMUNITY FORUM ON THE OPIOID CRISIS
MOVING TOWARD SOLUTIONS: IT TAKES A COMMUNITY
Thursday, October 5, 2017
6:30-8:30 PM
Shelby County Cooperative Extension Office
1117 Frankfort Rd, Shelbyville, Ky.
Keynote Speaker:
Van Ingram
Executive Director,Kentucky Office of Drug Control Policy Coordinating Kentucky’s substance abuse efforts in enforcement, treatment and prevention/education
Other Speakers & Panelists include:
Michael Webb, KSP Public Relations Commande’1 Moderator
Glen Powell, Metro United Way
Shelley Goodwin, Shelby County Industrial
Jeff Reynolds, Awake
Hon.Laura Witt, Commonwealth’s Attorney
Michael Clark, Shelby County Public Schools
Jeff Ivers, Shelby County EMS
Click on the following link for more event information: Shelby Drug Forum 10_5_17
Trimble County Drug Education Series, October 10, 2017
Each educational presentation will be held at:
Trimble County Cooperative Extension Service 43 High Country Lane ● Bedford, Kentucky 40006
6:00—8:00 PM on the following Tuesdays
October 10 – How Does Substance Abuse/Misuse Affect Our Community
A Town Hall type discussion with panel members from the school, pharmacy,
court system, legal system, law enforcement, EMS, and an elected official.
FREE Giveaway: Community Resource Directory!
October 24 – Helping vs. Enabling
A presentation by Charlotte Wethington that will focus on supporting recovery and the nature of enabling, including how Casey’s Law can be part of the journey.
FREE Book Giveaway: It’s N ot About You, Except When it Is by Barbara Victoria
November 7 – Hiding in Plain Sight
A presentation by KY State Trooper Robert Purdy taking a look at where and how youth and adults can hide drugs and drug related paraphernalia out in the open. FREE Giveaway: Home Drug Testing Kit
November 28 – The Next Step: What Prevention Can Do for Our Community
A presentation from the Centerstone Prevention Division and the Trimble CARES
This Series of sessions are open to the general public. For more information call the Trimble County Extension office at 502-255-7188 or Trimble County Youth Services Center at 502-663-0102
Click on the following link for event flyer information: 2017 DRUG FLYER trimble
Free Naloxone/Narcan training October 11, 2017 (Trimble County)
You can save the life of a loved one!
OVERDOSE PREVENTION
What is Naloxone Nasal Spray?
Naloxone Nasal Spray can reverse overdoses caused by prescription pain pills or heroin use.
FREE NARCAN/Naloxone AND TRAINING
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
10:00 a.m. — 12:00 p.m.
TRIMBLE COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
138 Miller Lane, Bedford, KY 40006
*Limited supply
The Kentucky Department for Public Health, the Kentucky Pharmacists Association, and the County Health Department will be offering free Naloxone education and kits to everyone 18 years or older.
Click on the following link for more information: Naloxone Flyer TRIMBLE
