Pet Tranquilizer Creates Medical Crisis in Pennsylvania

Pet tranquilizer creates medical crisis in Pennsylvania

NGN is a regional news service that focuses on government and enterprise reporting in southwestern Pennsylvania. Find out more information on foundation and corporate funders here. 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 xylazine, another animal anesthetic that began appearing years ago in the…

A new, powerful pet sedative in the opioid supply in Pennsylvania is sending patients to intensive care units

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.