A 24-year-old is brought in with a suspected opioid overdose (pinpoint pupils, respiratory depression). According to NICE, which agent is used as an a...

Question

A 24-year-old is brought in with a suspected opioid overdose (pinpoint pupils, respiratory depression). According to NICE, which agent is used as an antidote to rapidly reverse opioid effects?

Accepted Answer

Naloxone

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Flumazenil

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N-acetylcysteine

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Atropine

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Activated charcoal

MCQ (SBA): Emergency medicine & Acute presentations

A 24-year-old is brought in with a suspected opioid overdose (pinpoint pupils, respiratory depression). According to NICE, which agent is used as an antidote to rapidly reverse opioid effects?