Help save a life with naloxone
CVS Pharmacy® is dedicated to offering products and resources to help support building safer communities, and we’ve worked to increase access to naloxone.
Naloxone is an antidote to opioid overdoses. You can now buy over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone nasal spray. It’s also available nationwide at the pharmacy without an individual prescription.
Available both over-the-counter and through the pharmacy without an individual prescription, naloxone works by blocking or reversing the effects of opioids. Over-the-counter availability can make it easier for caregivers, concerned loved ones, first responders and patients to purchase naloxone.
If you or someone you know is at increased risk for opioid overdose, you should consider carrying naloxone and keeping it at home.
Having naloxone on hand can assist in an emergency overdose situation.
Buy naloxone (brand name NARCAN®) nasal spray over-the-counter at CVS Pharmacy® without a prescription in all states and in Washington, D.C. If you would like to buy over-the-counter (OTC) naloxone at your local CVS Pharmacy® location, simply ask a front store associate or pharmacy team member. You may also order OTC naloxone for store pickup or delivery at CVS.com® or in the CVS Health® app (subject to location and availability). Our pharmacy teams can check your insurance plan for potential savings on other naloxone products, which remain available without an individual prescription. Once you get a naloxone product, put it in an easy-to-access place, tell your family and friends where it is, and learn how to use it.
Prevention
Learn more about proper medication storage and disposal
Help keep homes, workplaces and communities safer by handling commonly misused medications responsibly.
Education
A dose of knowledge with CVS Health®
CVS® has taken steps to educate youth through our Dose of Knowledge Program, a no-cost outreach program expanded in partnership with Discovery Education which targets school-aged children grades K–12, educating them on topics such as substance misuse, medication safety and mental health.
The Dose of Knowledge program strives to empower educators, pharmacists, parents and other members of the community to support education related to substance misuse and guide children and teens to make good decisions for the health and well-being of themselves and their community.
