HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania is expanding efforts to make the anti-overdose medication naloxone available to the public with a statewide distribution day next week.
Officials said Thursday that naloxone will be provided free to any state resident at 80 locations — most of them state, county and municipal health offices — from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Dec. 13.
The drug is also regularly available at most pharmacies in Pennsylvania, at little or no cost for those with insurance.
It can reverse overdoses by blocking opioids’ effect on the brain and respiratory system.
The Wolf administration says over the past four years more than 20,000 people in Pennsylvania have been revived by police and emergency medical services responders using naloxone.
Regional sites include:
Allegheny County
• Allegheny County Health Department Immunization Clinic, Hartley Rose Building – 425 First Ave., 4th Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 from 11 am to 4 pm
• Allegheny County Health Department Pharmacy – 425 First Ave., Fourth Floor, Pittsburgh, PA 15219
• Duquesne University Pharmacy – 1860 Centre Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15219
• Millvale Community Center – 501 Lincoln Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15209
• Turtle Creek Fire Department – 125 Monroeville Ave., Turtle Creek, PA 15145
Armstrong County
• Armstrong County State Health Center – 245 Butler Rd., Suite 1, Kittanning, PA 16201
Beaver County
• Beaver County State Health Center – 500 Water Street, Suite 104, Bridgewater, PA 15009
Cambria County
• Cambria County State Health Center – 184 Donald Ln., Suite 1, Johnstown, PA 15904
Fayette County
• Fayette County State Health Center – 100 New Salem Rd., Suite 102, Uniontown, PA 15401
Indiana County
• Indiana County State Health Center – 75 N. 2nd St., Indiana, PA 15701
Somerset County
• Somerset County State Health Center – 651 S. Center Ave., Somerset, PA 15501
Washington County
• Washington County State Health Center – 67 N. Main St., Suite 100, Washington, PA 15301
Westmoreland County
• Westmoreland County State Health Center – 233 W. Otterman St., Greensburg, PA 15601
• Monessen State Health Center – 1 Wendell Ramey Ln., Suite 140, Monessen, PA 15062
