I used it for a while when I first quit illicit #drugs since it massively quelled #opioid withdrawal, acting on the same receptors:

It's like the diet version of an opioid painkiller.

I slowly tapered off it until I didn't use it at all over roughly a year, and it used to be a lot more niche.

Now people are getting addicted to it in mass since it's a pain killer with extra effects, the #fda is eying it, and I'm glad I stopped.

#writing #mentalhealth #addiction

We have launched an online tool to help residents quickly locate free #naloxone, a life-saving medication that can reverse #opioid overdoses, including those caused by fentanyl. Preliminary data from 2024 show that more than 3,100 people in Washington state died from drug overdoses, with opioids involved in 79% of those cases.

https://doh.wa.gov/newsroom/doh-launches-tool-help-washingtonians-find-free-naloxone

We have launched an online tool to help residents quickly locate free #naloxone, a life-saving medication that can reverse #opioid overdoses, including those caused by fentanyl. Preliminary data from 2024 show that more than 3,100 people in Washington state died from drug overdoses, with opioids involved in 79% of those cases.

https://doh.wa.gov/newsroom/doh-launches-tool-help-washingtonians-find-free-naloxone