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The header image is the default header image for the site.DHSS Health Alert – Xylazine-Involved Fatal Drug Overdoses
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POSTED: June 16th, 2023
POSTED IN: 2023 Quarter 2, EM Pulse - The Official Newsletter of MOCEP,
In May, DHSS issued a health alert regarding an sharp increase in xylazine-associated deaths in Missouri in 2021 and 2022. Xylazine is used in veterinary medicine as a sedative and muscle relaxant and is not approved by the FDA for human use. The drug, commonly referred to as “tranq” or “tranq dope” has a longer duration than that of fentanyl, does not respond to naloxone, and there is no antidote or reversal agent for it.