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1/ #Xylazine is a sedative and analgesic drug that is commonly used in veterinary medicine to sedate and immobilize animals. It is also used as an anesthetic in laboratory animals and as a tranquilizer in horse racing.
2/ Xylazine is a Schedule III controlled substance under the United Nations Convention on Psychotropic Substances, meaning that it has a potential for abuse and dependence, and it should be used under strict medical supervision. One of its nicknames is "#tranq".
3/ Unfortunately, Xylazine is being used to contaminate the drug supply, and it is being sold as a street drug. This is a dangerous practice as Xylazine can cause serious side effects, including respiratory and cardiovascular depression, and even death in high doses.
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1st impressions of the just-released final 2022 CDC Guideline. The good, the bad, and post-Halloween, the haunting 👻skeleton of 2016 that remains.

A 🧵. cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/7…
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First, background. The 2016 was widely misapplied in ways that harmed patients (as CDC acknowledged in 2019) 2/
States, health systems, quality metric agencies applied the 2016 guideline strictly as law and mandate 3/
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