The Food and Drug Administration warned that overdoses from xylazine mirror opioid overdoses, but may not be reversed by naloxone.
or heroin, or occasionally alongside stimulants like methamphetamine or cocaine. The administration warned that people who are exposed to xylazine"may not be aware" that it is present in their drug supply.
Routine toxicology screens also do not detect xylazine. Other side effects can include hypothermia, hypotension, and"severe, necrotic skin ulcerations" caused by repeated exposure to xylazine via injection. "Xylazine knocks out in a really broad way," said Claire Zagorski, a paramedic and program director and harm reduction instructor with Texas Opioid Training Initiative at the University of Texas at Austin."It brings down brain activity, slows down heart rate, slows down breathing, but opioids have this special aspect to them where they can really stop breathing. Xylazine doesn't act in quite the same way.
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