While xylazine test strips are commercially available for consumer use, research is needed to understand the feasibility, acceptability, and impact of utilizing these tools as a harm reduction strategy, as well as what other types of interventions may be effective for preventing xylazine-related harms...
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 ...
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...