CINCINNATI — The Kroger Co.’s Cincinnati-Dayton Division announced Friday that it will make opioid overdose reversal medicine Naloxone available without a prescription at its 84 pharmacies in Ohio and 16 pharmacies in Northern Kentucky starting Monday.

The announcement also covers 112 pharmacies in Kroger’s Columbus division, one pharmacy in its Central division and three pharmacies in its Mid-Atlantic division.

In total, there will be 216 Kroger pharmacies across Ohio that will dispense Naloxone without a prescription.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, joined Kroger officials for the announcement.

“Kroger pharmacies will be helping to make a life-saving tool available ….,” DeWine said. “While many of our first responders carry Naloxone, having it available on a wider basis will no doubt help save lives.”

CVS Health announced earlier this month it would make the medicine available without a prescription at all its locations across Ohio in late March.


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