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Medetomidine: the Dangerous Animal Sedative Turning up in Scotland’s Street Drugs
The sedative has no proven antidote and is increasingly mixed into street drugs, with 83% of Philadelphia fentanyl samples testing positive, researchers said.
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The Independent (US)Dangerous animal tranquiliser with no human antidote found in UK street drugs
Medetomidine can significantly increase the risk of overdose
·London, United Kingdom
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Medetomidine: the dangerous animal sedative turning up in Scotland’s street drugs
Tinnakorn jorruang/Shutterstock.comA sedative developed for cats and dogs is turning up in Scotland’s illicit drug supply. Medetomidine has been found in a fifth of heroin samples in Scotland, and there is no proven antidote if someone overdoses. Often called a new street drug, medetomidine was actually first developed as a sedative more than 50 years ago. It was patented in 1981 and introduced in Europe in 1987 under the name Domitor – a sedati…
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One of the serious problems that cause concern is that there is no antidote in case of overdose.
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