
#401 Updates in Addiction Medicine - SGIM 2023
The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast
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The Impact of Zylazine on Opioid Overdoses
In some communities, there's been a rise in the percentage of opioid overdoses where Zylazine is also found. It looks like it got its biggest move forward in Puerto Rico and then moved into some East Coast cities, including Philadelphia. Sometimes a person has it mixed with fentanyl and that might be called Trank Dope. There are also people who wind up with necrotic skin wounds and low blood pressure at the time of their overdose.
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