The latest trends in substances linked to accidental overdoses were discussed at the first meeting of the year for the Staten Island Fentanyl and Overdose Task Force hosted by District Attorney ...

Traditional addiction treatment options — inpatient rehabs and detox clinics — cannot dispense the powerful medications needed to ease medetomidine withdrawal. Hospitals can, but local doctors say ...

People taking illicit opioids on the streets are increasingly showing up to hospital emergency rooms in Pennsylvania sickened by a powerful dog and cat sedative. Medetomidine is more potent than ...

A powerful tranquilizer surfacing in Alberta’s unregulated drug supply cannot be reversed by standard opioid overdose ...

The Massachusetts Drug Supply Data Stream has issued an alert about a worsening public health threat: medetomidine, a sedative that’s considered to be stronger and longer-lasting than xylazine.

Dominic Cipriano couldn't stop shaking. A drug dealer on the streets of Kensington had sold him a bag of what he thought was fentanyl. And when he entered withdrawal, he started rocking from side to ...

Paul Chazot does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

A powerful veterinary sedative called medetomidine was found in two drug samples collected following a mass overdose earlier this month in Baltimore's Penn North community, Baltimore City Health ...

People taking illicit opioids on the streets are increasingly showing up in hospital emergency rooms in Pennsylvania, sickened by a powerful dog and cat sedative. Medetomidine is more potent than ...