The elixir 'revived' the person who died from drug shock

An American girl who was dying because of overdose of drugs, was fortunate to be able to save her miraculous life thanks to a fast-acting drug.

The moment the girl named Liz, 29, returned from the dead, was recorded completely in a short video, recently announced.

The rare video shows that Liz - a heroin addict since 11 years old, seems to have stopped breathing because of drug shock."She doesn't seem to react anymore. We see her lips turning blue and gray, the expression of lack of oxygen. Her breathing is very weak," said Adam Wigglesworth, who discovered that the addict is steaming. remembers in August, remember.

Snapshot from video

Mr. Wigglesworth and his volunteer Louise Vincent, a program for providing clean needles and other help to addicts in Greensboro, North Carolina (USA), tried to save Liz with artificial respiration, but no effective. Therefore, they decided to give her a dose of naloxone , the brand name also known as Narcan, to reverse the consequences of overdose.

When Liz still didn't wake up, they gave her another dose of naloxone and this time the brand became effective. The drug addict started to react and could sit up.

According to experts, when a person uses an overdose of heroin, the substance will block the receptors in the brain, causing the body to slow down. The substance interferes with activities in the body so much that it makes people stop breathing. The drug naloxone releases the receptors in the brain, helps restore the respiratory system and revives the drug addict.

However, experts warn, naloxone is only effective when taken early, as soon as the addict shows signs of drug shock. So volunteers like Mr. Wigglesworth are lobbying authorities to allow police or non-emergency medical personnel to use the drug to save people if they come first. According to them, this move will help addicts like Liz have a second chance to live again to make life.

On October 12, police in Lorain County, Ohio (USA) were equipped with naloxone kits after being approved for the drug to save drug shock in June last year.