This year’s Kane County Fair had all the usual carnival rides and summer treats like funnel cake and fresh squeezed lemonade, but it also had something different. Free Narcan nasal spray.
More than 780 free doses of Narcan, a nasal spray that helps reverse opioid overdoses, were distributed by the Kane County Health Department at last week's county fair.
Kane County Health Department officials are spending the summer at large public gatherings to distribute free Narcan. “The Kane County Fair is one venue where we can communicate with a large number of residents and get them educated about overdoses and provide them with naloxone,” Isaacson said. Kane County had 99 people die of an overdose in 2022, a 20% increase over the past four years, according to the health department’s data. A total of 419 people overdosed and were transported to a Kane County hospital, it stated.
Substance abuse disorder counselors and treatment centers cheered the FDA’s action, but worried whether families or those with the disorder could afford Narcan. GOOD-RX tracks prescription drug prices and reports the cost is about $130 for a two-dose container.Kane County is able to distribute Narcan for free through the Illinois Department of Human Services, Isaacson said. “We are able to order and distribute this at no charge,” he said.
Overdoses and overdose deaths affect families across all the health department’s communities, regarding age, socio-economic status, or other factors, Isaacson said. “This is something that is a threat to most families. Most families know someone impacted” by the loss of a son, daughter, niece, nephew or loved one to an overdose, he said.
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