Increasingly, these types of tranquilizers are turning up in fentanyl, oxycodone and other illegal opioids.
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A fentanyl vaccine is going to human clinical trials after showing promising results in rats – but here’s why it’s no cure-all for the opioid crisis.
Long-acting injectable buprenorphine is also known by the brand names Buvidal or Sublocade.
Unlike opioid drugs like morphine and fentanyl that travel throughout the body, the opioids your body produces are released in small quantities to specific locations.
Xylazine, or tranq, is increasingly being mixed with drugs like fentanyl or heroin and can be difficult to detect. Most people who use drugs are unable to tell if they have been exposed to it.
Pennsylvania has long had one of the highest death rates from drug overdose in the US. But new studies suggest counties throughout the state have different rates of opioid deaths.
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