NEW: data in #Milwaukee @[email protected] shows > 10% of fentanyl deaths also contain #xylazine
This is a concerning trend.
Zylazine...
🐴is an animal tranquilizer
💉added to fentanyl to prolong effects
💤compounds sedation
🩹causes skin wounds
🪦NOT reversible with narcan
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.@[email protected] data shows that xylazine was in fentanyl overdoses in @[email protected] ...
1.0 % in 2020
7.9 % in 2021
10.4 % in 2022
In Philadelphia, it is in nearly 100%.
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In addition to causing horrendous skin wounds (below) #xylaxine is not reversible with naloxone (narcan) leading to challenges with bystander and prehospital care.
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Below is a short 2 minute primer on xylazine with the always informative @[email protected]
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https://twitter.com/BenWWeston/status/1600572752422912002?s=20&t=vFoDRt0tnergGPV8a00e-Q
@BenWWeston beemorelove on TikTok works on bombed out Baltimore streets trying to save addicts. He's mentioned this, or similar drugs, for a while.
Despite his hippish name, he's a street-hardened former addict working in seriously dangerous areas.
Ben Weston MD MPH
Bob Morris