Experts Say Parents Should Keep This Surprising Item In Their First Aid Kits

Toronto Star/Toronto Star/Getty ImagesBand-Aids, antibiotic ointment, tweezers — most parents have at least a basic first aid kit in their home, or the supplies you’d find in one anyway, even if they’re not stored all together in a little box with a red cross on it. But what you likely don’t have is naloxone (you might know it by one of its brand names, Narcan). While it may surprise you to hear, experts on drug safety highly recommend parents keep naloxone in their homes, regardless of their children’s ages. Naloxone is a medication that blocks the opioid receptors in the brain; it’s most com