| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | Drug checking
USA. Philly health officials detect a veterinary sedative more powerful than xylazine in drug samples
USA. Philly health officials detect a veterinary sedative more powerful than xylazine in drug samples
A veterinary drug similar to xylazine, medetomidine, turned up in two samples of fentanyl in Philadelphia, and a Montgomery County resident died of an overdose involving the synthetic opioid nitazene. (Philadelphia Inquirer, USA, 18.05.2024)
https://www.inquirer.com/health/medetomidine-nitazenes-philadelphia-drug-overdoses-20240518.html