Xylazine also can cause gruesome flesh-eating wounds.
Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer now being added to the supply of illegal opioids and taking a gruesome toll among humans, will be moved to the state’s list of controlled substances, the Pennsylvania Department of Health announced Friday.
Moreover, it’s not an opioid and therefore doesn’t respond to naloxone, which is commonly used to revive people who overdose on opioids. Since it’s typically mixed with fentanyl, it’s still beneficial to give naloxone to overdose victims. But the presence of xylazine means it might take more doses of naloxone to revive someone. It also commonly takes rescue breathing and oxygen to revive someone who has used xylazine.
This spring, several central Pennsylvania authorities said xylazine-related wounds also have appeared in the region.
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