The Xylazine pandemic worries professionals, who saw an increase in consumption among young people.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) of USA issued a statement warning about the excessive consumption of Xylazine, a veterinary sedative that potentiates the effects of fentanyl. According to the report, monthly deaths from overdose increased by 276% in the last three years.
These figures, added to the videos of addicted people on the streets that recently circulated through the networks, are worrying about the drug combinations with alcohol, clonazepam, and heroin that is often seen lately.
what is xylazine
Xylazine, this new tranquilizer, is a non-opioid sedative that not approved for human consumption. Also known as “tranq”, for its depressant effect, “it can cause drowsiness and amnesia and reduce the respiratory rate, heart rate and blood pressure to dangerously low levels,” they explained from the CDC.
The most common symptoms of having consumed this substance are:
- Sedation
- labored breathing
- dangerously low blood pressure
- slow heart rate
- Wounds that can become infected
- severe withdrawal symptoms
- Death
This type of drug is easy to obtain, since it is sold between u$s6 and u$s20 per kilowhile fentanyl-related products do not drop below $75. In addition, its effect is fast-acting, which causes greater side effects.
Effects of its consumption
Being a drug used on animals and not being prepared for humans, its consumption in humans brings lethal physical consequences, starting with the decreased respiratory rate and cardiac. Also, you can see skin lesions as:
- Serious skin ulcers and abscesses
- infections
- tissue breakdown
Source: Ambito
