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Harm reductionPublic healthPuerto RicoUSACanadaUNITED-STATESDRUGIntroductionXylazine, an & alpha;2-adrenoceptor agonist sedative commonly used in veterinary medicine, is not approved for human use. Nevertheless, xylazine-involved overdose rates have surged in recent years, fueled by an increasingly toxic ...
Alixe Dittmore, a training and content development coordinator with the National Harm Reduction Coalition who provides direct care to people who use drugs,told CBS News in Aprilthat these wounds often appear on injection sites or on limbs. The wounds are not like abscesses, which are common am...
A registered nurse and lead author of a journal article on skin wounds associated with the increasingly prevalent street drug adulterant xylazine said she was motivated to publish on this topic because of a disturbing "catch‐22" her patients experience. Among people who use drugs, the presence...