Rising Xylazine Drug Abuse in Humans: A Deep and Lingering High With Wounds, Amputations, and Deathdoi:10.1097/NUR.0000000000000758Patricia Anne,O'MalleyClinical nurse specialist: CNS
While xylazine has been found in an increasing number of fatal overdoses, it's not clear how responsible it is for those overdoses, because it's used in conjunction with strong opioids like fentanyl and heroin, which can stop breathing. Xylazine can cause gruesome skin...
Before 2000, reports of xylazine intoxication in humans were infrequent.[4]It was found initially to be a more common additive in Puerto Rico and then more commonly seen in some Puerto Rican communities within the continental United States.[2][10]Persons who inject drugs (PWID) and public hea...
Xylazine was approved for veterinary use in 1971. Sometimes called "tranq," it's been showing up in supplies of illicit drugs used by humans in major quantities in only the last several years. Xylazine has been found in multiple overdoses, but because it is combined with other substances lik...
consumption in humans can reportedlycause “wounds that erupt with a scaly dead tissue” that left untreated can lead to the need for amputation. FDA has restricted the import of unapproved xylazineand has collaborated with U.S. Customs and ...
Skin woundsThe opioid epidemic has been responsible for significant morbidity and mortality in the USA and worldwide. As a result, it is essential to recognize the threat these potent drugs can cause when illicitly used. Specifically, introducing fentanyl as a drug adulterant has been shown to ...