ALiEM

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Recently, xylazine has gained attention in the media with increasing reports of xylazine-related overdose deaths in patients. When combined with illicit opioids such as heroin and fentanyl, xylazine may increase the risk of fatal overdose given the augmented sedation and respiratory depression effects [2]. Published May 2023.

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The Skeptics' Guide to EM

AUGUST 27, 2022

Date: August 23rd, 2022 Reference: Schoenfeld et al. AEM August 2022 Guest Skeptic: Dr. Chris Bond is an emergency medicine physician and assistant Professor at the University of Calgary. Date: August 23rd, 2022 Reference: Schoenfeld et al. He is successfully resuscitated using naloxone and is stable after an observation period.

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Peter Canning

MAY 22, 2024

Drug overdose deaths are down 3.1% 107,543 people died of drug overdoses in 2023 down from 111,029 in 2022. Here in Connecticut, drug overdose deaths have been decreasing for the last two years (down 14% in 2023 from the 2021 high). Harm reduction and the availability of naloxone. Why are deaths dropping?

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Peter Canning

JANUARY 20, 2024

mg of Naloxone X 2, and now the ETCO2 drops to 45, the SAT soon comes up to 99 and the patient opens her eyes and lifts her head, surprised to find herself surrounded by EMS and Fire. I have called the time on a number of her neighbors in this building, some of them victims of overdose. of all overdoses to 11.1%. per 100,000.

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Peter Canning

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Is the decline in drug overdose deaths more related to the increased availability of naloxone, improved treatment for people who use drugs, or changes in the street drug supply, which while still quite toxic may be less so due to adulteration with other chemicals? A recent article in NPR, The pipeline of deadly fentanyl into the U.S.

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Peter Canning

MARCH 5, 2024

Opioid deaths represented 92% of all overdose deaths in Connecticut. Fentanyl was present in 92% of opioid deaths and 85% of all overdose deaths. In 2023, cocaine was present in 54% of all overdose deaths and 55% of all fentanyl deaths. In 2023, xylazine presence in fatal overdoses decreased by 8% to 286.

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ACEP Now

JULY 7, 2023

Xylazine is a veterinary sedative that has been increasingly implicated in overdose deaths throughout the United States. percent of all overdose deaths in 2020. 1 Known by street names such as “tranq,” “tranq-dope,” or “zombie drug,” xylazine is increasingly found in patients with opioid overdose. Published online October, 2022.

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