Veterans could get overdose reversal meds without a prescription under proposed law

Veterans could get overdose reversal meds without a prescription under proposed law

Veterans may get more access to a medication for reversing opioid overdoses if a new bill becomes law.  Currently, veterans can get naloxone for free with a prescription from medical providers at the Department of Veterans Affairs. But a new bipartisan bill would make naloxone and other overdose reversal medications available to veterans at VA pharmacies without one.  The “End Veterans Overdose Act” introduced last week by Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (…