Lɛ wi lan mɔ bɔt Narcan, we kin sev pɔsin in layf frɔm wan opioid ɔvados.

Tide wi go tɔk bɔt wan tɔpik we rili impɔtant. Yu kin dɔn yɛri bɔt wan drɔg we dɛn kɔl `(Opioid)`. Dis kin bi di mɛrɛsin dɛm wae dɔktɔ kin gi sɔmtɛm fɔ kɔntrol di bad bad pen, ɔr kin bi tin dɛm lɛk `(Heroin)` ɔr `(Fentanyl)` wae sɔm pipul dɛn kin yuse as drɔg. Bɔt if dɛn tek dɛn `(Opioid)` tin ya tumɔs, dat na if dɛn bi `(Ovados)`, i kin rili denja fɔ layf. Bɔt, yu no se, if yu yuz am di rayt tɛm, smɔl mɛrɛsin de we kin sev pɔsin frɔm dis kayn `(Opioid Overdose)`? Dɛn kɔl da mɛrɛsin de `(Narcan)`. Tide, wi go tok abaut dis `(Narcan)` ditail.

Wetin na Narcan? Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan...

Narcan na rili wan brand nem. Di aktif tin we de insay am na in dɛn kɔl Naloxone. Tink bɔt am lɛk imejensi divays we dɛn kin yuz fɔ sev layf. If pɔsin dɔn tek wan opioid pasmak, lɛk heroin ɔ fentanyl, ɔ wan opioid pen kil we dɔktɔ gi am, Narcan kin sev in layf.

Di tin we impɔtant pas ɔl na dat Narcan na drɔg we de wok fɔ di opioid ɔvados nɔmɔ. I nɔ gɛt ɛni ɛfɛkt pan ɔda kayn drɔgs ɔvados.

Aw yu de yuz Narcan? Yu tink se i at fɔ du?

Nɔto so atɔl! Dis na wan pan di big big bɛnifit dɛn we Narcan gɛt. Yu nɔ nid ɛni mɛdikal trenin ɔ spɛshal no fɔ yuz Narcan. I rili simpul.

Jɛnɛral wan, tu kayn Narcan de:

• Nasal Spray: Dis na di kayn we we dɛn kin yuz mɔ. I jɔs tan lɛk we dɛn kin sprɛy na yu nos ɔltɛm. I rili izi fɔ yuz. Na wan wan instrɔkshɔn dɛn nɔmɔ de.
• Injɛkshɔn: Dɛn kin si dis bak sɔm tɛm, bɔt i nɔ kin kɔmɔn lɛk di sprɛy we dɛn kin sprɛy na yu nos.

Yu kin lan aw fɔ yuz dɛn tin ya bay we yu wach fim dɛn na di Intanɛt. Fɔ ɛgzampul, di CDC na Amɛrika dɔn pul fim dɛn bɔt dis. So natin nɔ de fɔ wɔri bɔt. Dɛn mek dis fɔ mek pɔsin ebul fɔ kɛr am go ɛn fɔ yuz am kwik kwik wan we ɛnitin apin.

Wetin rili apin wit Narcan?

Okay, naw mek wi si wetin de apin we Narcan enta di bodi.

Fɔ tɔk am simpul wan, we yu tek tumɔs wan opioid, dat min se we yu tek pasmak, di drɔg kin tay sɔm pat dɛn na yu bren, mɔ di sɛnta dɛn we de kɔntrol aw yu de blo. Dat na di men rizin we mek yu de swɛla, stɔp fɔ blo, ɛn day bikɔs yu tek opioid ɔvados.

Wetin Narcan de du na fɔ pul di opioid dɛm frɔm di ples dɛm we dɛn tay na di bren. Tink bɔt am lɛk ki, we stɔp na wan lɔk na di bren we dɛn kɔl riseptɔ. Narcan na ɔda pawaful ki we de pul di opioid ki ɛn rilis di lɔk. I kin bigin fɔ wok insay sɔm minit dɛn. Dɔn di briz we dɛn bin dɔn stɔp fɔ blo kin bigin fɔ kam bak to nɔmal. In ɔda wɔd, Narcan tan lɛk rop we de pul pɔsin we de bitwin layf ɛn day bak to layf if i tek opioid ɔvados.

Udat fɔ gɛt dis Narcan?

Dis na kwɛstyɔn we rili impɔtant. Bikɔs Narcan na imejensi drɔg, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek sɔm pipul dɛn gɛt am na dɛn an. Mɔ:

• Pipul wae gɛt adikshɔn to opioid ɛn de tray fɔ lɛf: Dɛn pipul ya kin gɛt dis sik bak wae dɛn nɔr no ɛn dɛn kin tek pasmak. So, i rili impɔtant fɔ mek dɛn ɛn dɛn famili gɛt Narcan na dɛn an.
• Pipul wae de yuse prɛskrishɔn opioid pen kil: Nɔto ɔlman, bɔt sɔm pipul dɛn kin gɛt bɔrku risk fɔ ɔvados bikɔs dɛn kin tek opioid pen kil we dɛn de tek bɔku ɔ gɛt ɔda mɛrɛsin. Dɔn bak, di risk fɔ ɔvados kin ivin ay we dɛn yuz opioid togɛda wit bɛnzodiazepines (e.g., tranquilizers lɛk dayazepam ɛn clonazepam). Dɛn tu mɛrɛsin ya kin afɛkt di sɛnta dɛn we de kɔntrol aw pɔsin de blo. So, if yu de tek dɛn mɛrɛsin ya, i fayn fɔ tɔk to yu dɔktɔ bɔt aw fɔ kip Narcan na yu an.
• Pipul dɛm wae de nia pipul dɛm wae de yuse opioid: If yu gɛt padi, fambul mɛmba, ɔr pɔrsin wae yu sabi wae de yuse opioid, fɔ kip Narcan wit yu as ɛp kin ɛp fɔ sev dɛn layf pan imejensi.

Imajin yu gɛt yu padi we de tray fɔ wɛl frɔm wan opioid ɔvados. Wan de, we yu de wit am, wantɛm wantɛm i nɔ no natin ɛn i nɔ ebul fɔ blo. If yu gɛt Narcan wit yu, yu kin gi am kwik kwik wan ɛn ɛp fɔ sev in layf te di ambulans kam.

Usay a go ebul fɔ gɛt Narcan?

Insay kɔntri dɛn lɛk Amɛrika, dɛn kin gɛt Narcan nasal spray na kɔwnta na famasi we dɛn nɔ gɛt prɛskrishɔn. Narcan de bak, sɔm tɛm dɛn de fri, tru lokal ɔ stet program dɛn, say dɛn we de ridyus di bad bad tin dɛn, ɔ kɔmyuniti ɔganayzeshɔn dɛn . I rili ligal fɔ gɛt, kɛr, ɛn yuz Narcan we ɛnitin apin. Insay Sri Lanka, i bɛtɛ fɔ aks yu dɔktɔ ɔ di wan dɛn we de wok fɔ di wɛlbɔdi biznɛs bɔt dis tin we de apin.

Aw yu go no fɔ tru if pɔsin dɔn tek ɔvados?

Dis na tin bak we rili impɔtant. Fɔ no di sayn dɛm fɔ di opioid ɔvados na di wangren we fɔ du sɔntin kwik kwik wan. If pɔrsin dɔn tek ɔvados pan opioid, i kin sho sɔm kayn sik lɛk dis:

• di pupil dεm na di yay dεm kin sכm sכm, fכ bi prεsis, lεk di tכp fכ pen (Pinpoint Pupils).
• Wantɛm wantɛm, yu nɔ no natin ɛn fɔdɔm.
• Di brith kin slo bad bad wan, ɔ di briz kin stɔp kpatakpata.
• di ol bכdi kin bi lεk layf, i de hang dכn lεk wan pat pan klos (Limp bodi).
• Lip ɛn finga nel dɛn kin tɔn blu. Dis na bikɔs di bɔdi nɔ de gɛt bɛtɛ ɔksijɛn.
• Wan strenj sawnd de kɔmɔt na di trot, lɛk sawnd we de chok ɔ gurgling.

If wan ɔ mɔ pan dɛn sik ya apin wan tɛm, chans de fɔ mek i bi ``Opioid Ɔvados''.

Wetin a fɔ du if pɔsin tek di mɛrɛsin pasmak?

Okay, naw yu no di sayn dɛm fɔ ɔvados. Wetin yu fɔ du if yu si pɔsin lɛk dat? Nɔ panik. Fɔ fala dɛn step ya:

1. Kɔl di imejensi savis dɛn wantɛm wantɛm (1990 na Sri Lanka, 911 na di US). Tɛl dɛn usay yu de ɛn di sikman in kɔndishɔn.

2. If yu get Narcan, giv am. Ɔ sprɛy am na di nos ɔ injɛkt am lɛk aw dɛn tɛl am.

3. Tכn di sikman na in sayd εn mek i ledɔm na di ``Rεkכvri posishכn''. Dis go ɛp fɔ mek di vɔmit nɔ stɔp na dɛn trot if dɛn vɔmit.

4. Tray fɔ mek di pɔsin we dɛn du bad to no natin as yu ebul. Tɔk to dɛn, pat dɛn na dɛn bɔdi. If i tan lɛk se dɛn dɔn stɔp fɔ blo, gi dɛn rescue breathing if yu ebul. If i tan lɛk se dɛn dɔn stɔp fɔ blo, bigin fɔ yuz di sik we dɛn kɔl cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) if yu ebul.

5. Stay wit di pɔsin te di ambulans kam. Nɔ lɛf am in wan.

I rili impɔtant: Sɔntɛnde yu nɔ go no fɔ tru if pɔsin dɔn rili tek di mɛrɛsin pasmak. Bɔt if yu gɛt smɔl dawt, trit am lɛk se yu dɔn tek am pasmak ɛn du dat. Narcan na drɔg we nɔ go ambɔg pɔsin we nɔ dɔn ɔlrɛdi tek opioid ɔvados. So, if yu gɛt dawt, nɔ fred fɔ gi am!

Us ɔda impɔtant tin dɛn yu want fɔ no?

Bɔku kɔntri dɛn gɛt "Gud Samɛritan Lɔ dɛn." Dis min se if yu go fɔ ɛp pɔsin we dɔn tek di mɛrɛsin pasmak ɛn kɔl di imejensi savis, yu ɔ di pɔsin we dɔn tek di mɛrɛsin pasmak nɔ go gɛt ɛni akshɔn. Di op na se pipul dɛn go kam bifo witout fred ɛn ɛp fɔ sev wan layf.

Usay a go fɛn ɛp fɔ misɛf ɔ pɔsin we a sabi?

If yu ɔ pɔsin we yu sabi de tray tranga wan fɔ tek drɔgs, mɛmba se i pɔsibul fɔ mek yu wɛl. I kin tranga fɔ du yu wan, bɔt i nɔ kin ɛva let fɔ aks fɔ ɛp.

• Tɔk to yu famili dɔktɔ.
• Chek di wɛbsayt dɛn na yu lokal wɛlbɔdi dipatmɛnt ɔ kɔntak dɛn.
• Na US, fon nɔmba dɛn de lɛk 1-800-662-HELP (4357). Yu kin gɛt mɔ infɔmeshɔn ɛn sɔpɔt bak frɔm wɛbsayt dɛn lɛk `CDC.gov` ɛn `SAMHSA.gov`. Ples dɛn de na Sri Lanka we de gi di sem kayn savis, so chɛk dɛn.

Fɔ dɔn, tin dɛn fɔ mɛmba (Take-Home Message) .

Okay, so wi don tok plenti boht Narcan tide. I impɔtant fɔ mɛmba dis:

• Narcan na valyu drɔg wae kin sev pɔrsin in layf frɔm opioid ɔvados.
• I rili izi fɔ yuz ɛn i nɔ nid spɛshal trenin fɔ mɛn pipul dɛn.
• I impɔtant fɔ no di sayn dɛm we de sho se pɔsin tek di opioid ɔvados (smɔl pikin, i nɔ de no natin, i nɔ izi fɔ blo).
• If yu saspek se sɔmbɔdi dɔn ɔvados, nɔ shek fɔ gi Narcan ɛn kɔl ambulans wantɛm wantɛm.
• Drug adikshɔn na sik, ɛn tritmɛnt de fɔ am. Nɔ fred fɔ aks fɔ ɛp.

If yu tich ɔda pɔsin wit dis no, i kin ivin ɛp fɔ sev pɔsin we nid ɛp in layf. Lɛ wi ɔl no bɔt dis ɛn du tin di rayt we.

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