Modified Fentanyl
Modified Fentanyl, or Tranq, which contains Xylazine, is all over the place causing serious problems to anyone using the drug.
Fentanyl mixed with xylazine, a powerful animal sedative used in veterinary medicine that’s known to cause open skin wounds so severe – it can lead to amputation.
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration on Monday posted a public safety alert about the issue, writing that xylazine “is making the deadliest drug threat our country has ever faced, fentanyl, even deadlier.”
Xylazine, also known as “tranq,” has been making its way into the illicit drug supply in recent years, particularly in the Northeast. Studies have shown that people exposed to xylazine often knowingly – or unknowingly – use it in combination with other drugs, particularly fentanyl, to lengthen its euphoric effects, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse.
Officials say because it’s not an opioid, the overdose reversal medication Narcan does not reverse its effects. However, experts still recommend administering Narcan in a suspected overdose because xylazine is so frequently combined with opioids.
The animal tranquilizer is also not a controlled substance and not approved for human use. Xylazine is a central nervous system depressant that can cause drowsiness and amnesia, as well as slow breathing, heart rate, and bring blood pressure down to dangerously low levels, experts say.
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“Repeated xylazine use is associated with skin ulcers and severe wounds — including necrosis, the rotting of human tissue — that could lead to amputation. And mixing it with fentanyl places people at a higher risk of suffering a fatal poisoning.” -DEA
