Anti-Overdose Drug Becoming more Common, Seeps into WC

A drug that stops opioid overdoses is becoming more available and beginning to creep into the workers’ compensation sphere. Spokespeople for two cost-containment firms that handle workers’ compensation claims told WorkCompCentral on Thursday that they’ve seen physicians prescribing patients naloxone along with opioids. Matt Foster, clinical pharmacy manager for Helios, said his company is beginning to see requests to pay for Evzio, a naloxone auto-injector that functions like an EpiPen – not many, but some. “There's just been a couple of dozen transactio...