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Severe withdrawal cases point to growing medetomidine use
Doctors are reporting severe withdrawal cases linked to medetomidine, a sedative increasingly found mixed into illicit drug supplies. Clinicians, including teams at Penn Medicine, warn the drug appears to be spreading as an adulterant alongside opioids, and that withdrawal from it can be unusually intense and hard to treat. The reports point to a new and poorly understood challenge for addiction care and emergency medicine.
Why now: New medical warnings about severe withdrawal from medetomidine-contaminated drug supplies are raising alarm among clinicians.
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- Severe withdrawal cases point to growing medetomidine use · Penn Medicine
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