Do you keep narcan around?

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Does Narcan have an expiration date?

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Anonymous wrote:Does Narcan have an expiration date?

yes, its about 2 years.

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So your teens are out somewhere on weekends, but the Narcan is at your house. And you think you can then use it quickly enough to work? This doesn’t make sense.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a joke? Now we’re at the point where we have to have narcan handy? What’s happened to us?

+1 I will never have Narcan handy in my house.

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Anonymous wrote:So your teens are out somewhere on weekends, but the Narcan is at your house. And you think you can then use it quickly enough to work? This doesn’t make sense.

OP here. This is why I'm asking the question. In a perfect world every house would have it or the kids would carry it on them. Not going to happen--especially with boys (who generally don't carry a purse/bag). I wish it was heat stable (so could be left in cars). That is something that needs to be developed!


There are just a heck of a lot of fentanyl-laced drugs in DC right now. I work as a RN in public health for the city. My kids don't do drugs and I've had the drug talk with them many times. However, I haven't had it with their friends and I have no idea what's going on in their larger circle(s). I love many of their friends--many of whom I have known since they were 4 or 5 years old. This kind of thing is protective for ALL of them. There just doesn't seem to be any down side.

[Anonymous]

They gave it to me with my last rx of oxycodon, so yes I have it and plan to keep it.

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Anonymous wrote:So your teens are out somewhere on weekends, but the Narcan is at your house. And you think you can then use it quickly enough to work? This doesn’t make sense.

OP here. This is why I'm asking the question. In a perfect world every house would have it or the kids would carry it on them. Not going to happen--especially with boys (who generally don't carry a purse/bag). I wish it was heat stable (so could be left in cars). That is something that needs to be developed!


There are just a heck of a lot of fentanyl-laced drugs in DC right now. I work as a RN in public health for the city. My kids don't do drugs and I've had the drug talk with them many times. However, I haven't had it with their friends and I have no idea what's going on in their larger circle(s). I love many of their friends--many of whom I have known since they were 4 or 5 years old. This kind of thing is protective for ALL of them. There just doesn't seem to be any down side.

My son is a type I diabetic so has to carry a lot of medications on him. I haven't thought about having him carry narcan, but it's an idea.

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No.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So your teens are out somewhere on weekends, but the Narcan is at your house. And you think you can then use it quickly enough to work? This doesn’t make sense.

OP here. This is why I'm asking the question. In a perfect world every house would have it or the kids would carry it on them. Not going to happen--especially with boys (who generally don't carry a purse/bag). I wish it was heat stable (so could be left in cars). That is something that needs to be developed!


There are just a heck of a lot of fentanyl-laced drugs in DC right now. I work as a RN in public health for the city. My kids don't do drugs and I've had the drug talk with them many times. However, I haven't had it with their friends and I have no idea what's going on in their larger circle(s). I love many of their friends--many of whom I have known since they were 4 or 5 years old. This kind of thing is protective for ALL of them. There just doesn't seem to be any down side.

My son is a type I diabetic so has to carry a lot of medications on him. I haven't thought about having him carry narcan, but it's an idea.

Same here. I have low snacks but not narcan nor do I plan to get it

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a joke? Now we’re at the point where we have to have narcan handy? What’s happened to us?

I would have been shocked and mortified as a teen if my mother asked me to carry it around. I can't even picture that happening.

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Anonymous wrote:If so, where do you keep it?
I was thinking of keeping it in each car's glove compartment.
My kids are typical "good" high schoolers but they do go out on the weekends.

Oh wow.
Our definitions are very different.
To me “good” assumes a basic expectation that you’re obeying the law.
Narcan is to counteract an opioid overdose. This is “going out on the weekends” for “good” kids??
What you described sounds like “risky” high schoolers.
Maybe my standards are just too high.

But that said, it sounds like you know your kids. So if you think you have a need to have Narcan in your cars, better safe than sorry.

+1 Even if my kids had it on hand only to revive other people, I would question why my "good" kids were regularly in proximity of people who abuse opioids. What new-fangled definition of "good" is this?

We do have a lot of DCUM posters, likely trolls, who always post things to the effect that all kids past the age of 11 are having sex, drinking and doing drugs and anyone who thinks their 11+ yo kid is not doing any of that is naive. OP is probably one of those, yet again.

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NO.

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Anonymous wrote:Is this a joke? Now we’re at the point where we have to have narcan handy? What’s happened to us?

+1 I will never have Narcan handy in my house.

Yeah…I don’t get it.

I suppose if my child had a known problem with drug problem we were working on I would. But otherwise no

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a joke? Now we’re at the point where we have to have narcan handy? What’s happened to us?

+1 I will never have Narcan handy in my house.

Yeah…I don’t get it.

I suppose if my child had a known problem with drug problem we were working on I would. But otherwise no

It only takes one time. Glad you’re so high and mighty that you’d rather your kid die after mistakenly overdosing or taking something unknowingly cut with fentanyl because you think you’re above keeping something in the house just in case.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Is this a joke? Now we’re at the point where we have to have narcan handy? What’s happened to us?

+1 I will never have Narcan handy in my house.

Yeah…I don’t get it.

I suppose if my child had a known problem with drug problem we were working on I would. But otherwise no

It only takes one time. Glad you’re so high and mighty that you’d rather your kid die after mistakenly overdosing or taking something unknowingly cut with fentanyl because you think you’re above keeping something in the house just in case.

You haven’t done your job as a parent if they do drugs. Even one time. That’s a fail on your part.