Dr. Matthew Ruble is the Chief Medical Officer of Discovery Behavioral Health. Dr. Ruble has a deep passion for advancing the behavioral health industry through training, publication, innovation, payer relations and collaboration. He spent 20 years of his career working with the Cambridge Health Alliance, a health system affiliated with Harvard Medical School, responsible for training clinicians, residents and medical staff in core evidence-based practices.
Naloxone works to block or reverse the effects of opiates, including fentanyl. It can be obtained without a prescription in most if not all states from most pharmacies. It can be administered by injection or nasal spray.
Fentanyl is an opioid that has taken thousands of American lives through unintended overdoses caused by prescription addictions and an illegal drug market.