This purple, talking box can save you from an accidental prescription overdose

BYSean Buckley @seaniccus2 hours ago

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How's this for a crazy statistic: according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, more people die each year from drug overdoses than car accidents--and 70 percent of these deaths are caused by legally prescribed medications. Kaleo, a pharmaceutical company, it hopes that can change. The creating a device called Evzio, a small, easy to use drug delivery system that a life-saving dose of naloxone can safely manage. This device could save the lives of thousands of patients who have been prescribed legal opiates for the treatment of pain. Not sure how to use it? Don't worry about it: it talks.

Typically, anti-overdose of drugs should be given by injection--but that's not practical for home use. Many patients are afraid of needles, and the process of filling in and properly using a syringe is not exactly user friendly. That is why Kaleo equipped device with not only clear written instructions, but a voice: Evzio verbal tells users how to use it properly.

It sounds a bit unconventional, but the company says it paid off: trials with the device showed that 90 percent of patients able to manage a life-saving dose will be correctly without ever seen before. Best of all, are not something patients will have to wait long for, either: doctors will be able to this at Home solution as early as this summer.

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