Overdosing. That night she was with Adam Wigglesworth and louise vincent. They volunteer with a program in greensboro, north carolina, that provides clean needles and other assistance to addicts. She seemed to be pretty unresponsive and we were noticing bluing of the lips, lack of oxygen, so her breathing had become quite shallow. Well, when someones not breathing or responding to any sort of stimulus, you give them breath and at that time i usually administer it. Now watch what happens next. We gave her about 60 units of narcan. Narcan, also known as naloxone can reverse the effects of heroin and other drugs like oxycodone. Another sternly rub, another shot of narcan. Giving her the rest of the full cc. Reporter and finally liz begins to come around. Liz . You okay . You went out. Were giving you mouth to mouth resuscitation. Weve given you some narcan, because you overdosed. Can you sit up . Yes. My goodness. Dr. Gupta with that. I can tell you that after being revived liz made it to
Overdosing. That night she was with Adam Wigglesworth and vincent. They volunteer with a program that provides clean needles and other assistants to addicts. She wasnt responding and blue lips. Her breathing had become quite shallow. Well, when someones not breathing or responding to any sort of stimulus, you give them breath and at that time i usually administer it. Now watch what happens next. Narcan can reverse the effects of heroin and other drugs like ox y oxy. Finally liz begins to come around. Liz . You okay . [ inaudible ] th you overdosed. Can you sit up . My goodness. I can tell you that after being revived liz made it to rehab and when we last checked in on her, she was doing well. As you saw, liz was saved by friends but the idea is to get this medicine into the hands of as many as soon as possible. Not just new york city. Rhode Island Police began carrying this drug a month ago and state trooper James Deangelo has already put it to good use. Trooper, welcome. Thank you for
to the if, da it only extend survival by six weeks on average compared to others. eventually sinofi cut the price in half. not just doctors but insurance companies are speaking out against these soaring costs. when you look at the six-figure prices of specialty drugs, you come away with the conclusion that the pricing is anything that pharmaceutical companies and manufacturers can get away with. for their part, drugmakers say the medicines are expensive because they cost so much to develop. one study put it at nearly $5 billion on average to bring a new drug to the market. we need an insurance system that s there for patients when they need it. they pay into a system and the expectation and the promises that it will be there and provide the kind of coverage that patients need. in the end, barbara hayne was prescribed a cheaper drug within her budget. she ll be on it for the next five years. the stress of affording high-priced drugs at bay for now.
this weekend kicks off the world s biggest scientific meeting on cancer. we ll hear about many experimental treatments, but for many cancer doctors not to mention patients, it seems we re kind of at a crossroads because many of new cancer drugs cost tens of thousands of dollars for one round of treatment, some more than $100,000, so some doctors are actually starting to say it s just too much. 57-year-old barbara hayne was diagnosed with breast cancer eight months ago. before the shock of the diagnosis wore off, she was hit with another one. the cost of the drugs her doctor prescribed to treat her cancer. i asked her if there were any other cheaper options that would do the same thing for me. her doctor says this happens frequently. all we can do at this point is pick the least costly agent that we have available to us that we know is going to be equally efficacious. in 2012 the food and drug
this weekend kicks off a big scientific meeting on cancer. for many cancer doctors not to mention patients, it seems we re kind of at a cross roads because many of new cancer drugs costs tens of thousands of dollars for one round of treatment, some more than $100,000, so some doctors are starting to say, it s just too much. 57-year-old barbara hayne was diagnosed with breast cancer eight months ago. before the shock of the diagnosis wore off she was hit with another one. the cost of the drugs her doctor prescribed to treat her cancer. i asked her if there were any other cheaper options that would do the same thing for me. her doctor says this happens frequently. all we can do at this point is pick the least costly agent that we have available to us that we know is going to be equally efficacious. in 2012 the food & drug administration approved 12 new