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Saddle Brook, Bergen County Pharmacies Will Offer Free Naloxone
The drug, which can work to reverse opioid overdose, will be available for free at area pharmacies next week.
SADDLE BROOK, NJ — Across three days at the end of the month, Bergen County pharmacies will offer the opioid overdose reversal drug naloxone for free.
Beginning Sept. 24 through Sept. 26, New Jersey Department of Human Services will distribute the drug as part of the Murphy Administrations "continued effort to combat the opioid crisis," according to a web posting for the distribution.
No insurance, prescription, payment or name is required to pick it up, but it will be distributed on a first come, first served basis.
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The distribution is limited to one per person.
In Saddle Brook pick-up is available at Acme Pharmacy, 75 Mayhill St.
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Here are the other Bergen County locations:
- Acme Pharmacy, 45 De Mercurio Dr., Allendale
- Acme Pharmacy, 481 River Rd., Edgewater
- Buckley's Drug Store, 35 E. Palisade Ave., Englewood
- CVS, 2400 Fair Lawn Ave., Fair Lawn
- Acme Pharmacy, 2160 Lemoine Ave., Fort Lee
- Walmart, 174 Passaic St., Garfield
- Stop and Shope Pharmacy, 380 West Pleasantview Ave., Hackensack
- Levys Pharmacy, 299 Stuyvesant Ave., Lyndhurst
- Acme Pharmacy, 125 Franklin Turnpike, Mahwah
- Acme Pharmacy, 136 Lake Avenue, Midland Park
- Shoprite Pharmacy of Oakland, 14 Post Rd., Oakland
- CVS, 1000 Bergen Town Center, Paramus
- Invictus Pharmacy, 60 Essex St., Rochelle Park
- Acme Pharmacy, 75 Mayhill St., Saddle Brook
- Walgreens, 72 Crescent Ave., Waldwick
- Riteaid, 265 Pascack Rd., Washington Township
Naloxone, frequently referred to by its brand name Narcan, works by blocking opioid drugs from binding to the brain, and can reverse and stop opioid overdoses. Further medical care is usually required after naloxone is used to stop an overdose. It can be given as an injection but most free kits are generally the spray version.
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