The FDA has announced that it’s cracking down on the illegal importation of xylazine — or, as it’s known on the streets, “tranq.”
March 01, 2023 at 5:46 pm PST
“I don’t know why anyone would want to try this in humans, it’s a terrible idea,” Dr. James Beckman, an equine veterinarian, said. “It would take just a tiny amount of xylazine to be fatal for humans because a 1,200-pound horse only takes a couple of cc’s.” “It looks more like 20-30% of the overdoses on the east coast are fentanyl plus xylazine,” Dr. Ries said. “So just like fentanyl when it started there and then moved west, and we’re starting to catch up with fentanyl.” Dr. Ries explained that xylazine makes the drugs it’s mixed with seem more potent.
Because xylazine is a sedative and not an opioid, it resists standard overdose reversal treatments. If someone overdoses on an opiate mixed with xylazine, administering naloxone or NARCAN may not save them.
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