Notes from the field: xylazine detection and involvement in drug overdose deaths -- United States, 2019 - Kariisa M, Patel P, Smith H, Bitting J.

Xylazine is a drug used in veterinary medicine as an animal sedative with muscle relaxant and analgesic properties (1). It is not approved by the Food and Drug Administration for use in humans, in whom it acts as a central nervous system depressant and can...
Source: SafetyLit - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Poisoning Source Type: news