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'''Narcan''' is used in an emergency situation to effectively reverse a narcotic overdose but not the narcotic epidemic.  Administration of '''Narcan''' is quickly followed by a devastating plummet in the [[Patient Satisfaction Survey|Press Ganey score]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/04/narcan/ Study: Dilaudid Administration Directly Correlates with High Patient Satisfaction; Narcan Not So Much (Gomerblog)]</ref>  It is, however, the agent that did awake Sleeping Beauty.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/sleeping-beauty-narcan/ Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up After Single Dose of Narcan (Gomerblog)]</ref>  Narcan is useless in the treatment of food comas.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/11/thanksgiving-food-coma/ Man in Critical Condition with Thanksgiving Food Coma, Kale Infusion Only Hope (Gomerblog)]</ref>
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'''Narcan''' is used in an emergency situation to effectively reverse a narcotic overdose but not the narcotic epidemic.  Administration of '''Narcan''' is quickly followed by a devastating plummet in the [[Patient Satisfaction Survey|Press Ganey score]].<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2015/04/narcan/ Study: Dilaudid Administration Directly Correlates with High Patient Satisfaction; Narcan Not So Much (Gomerblog)]</ref>  It is, however, the agent that did awake Sleeping Beauty.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/02/sleeping-beauty-narcan/ Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up After Single Dose of Narcan (Gomerblog)]</ref>  Narcan is useless in the treatment of food comas.<ref>[http://gomerblog.com/2017/11/thanksgiving-food-coma/ http://gomerblog.com/2017/11/thanksgiving-food-coma/ Man in Critical Condition with Thanksgiving Food Coma, Kale Infusion Only Hope (Gomerblog)]</ref>
  
  

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Narcan is used in an emergency situation to effectively reverse a narcotic overdose but not the narcotic epidemic. Administration of Narcan is quickly followed by a devastating plummet in the Press Ganey score.[1] It is, however, the agent that did awake Sleeping Beauty.[2] Narcan is useless in the treatment of food comas.[3]


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  1. Jump up Study: Dilaudid Administration Directly Correlates with High Patient Satisfaction; Narcan Not So Much (Gomerblog)
  2. Jump up Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up After Single Dose of Narcan (Gomerblog)
  3. Jump up http://gomerblog.com/2017/11/thanksgiving-food-coma/ Man in Critical Condition with Thanksgiving Food Coma, Kale Infusion Only Hope (Gomerblog)


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