Officials note there has been a surge in people abusing a drug that has been known to make overdoses worse. The Indiana ...

The drug, which is not approved for human use, is a veterinary sedative similar to ketamine or xylazine but is 200 times stronger than the latter.

Health officials in Whatcom County are warning people about a new drug that’s being mixed with fentanyl – and can’t be ...

New York health officials detected medetomidine in one in four opioid samples tested over 19 months as deaths linked to the ...

ORLANDO -- Enteral propranolol eased the need for sedatives in critically ill patients on mechanical ventilation, a randomized trial conducted during the pandemic found. In patients receiving protocol ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . More than half of older ICU survivors who filled a new sedative prescription filled it again within 6 months of ...

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Xylazine is a sedative that's only approved for use in animals, but now it is showing up in illegal street drugs up and down the East Coast. WBUR's Martha Bebinger reports that it may be contributing ...

The therapeutic benefits of sedatives are well-established; however, their effectiveness in controlling anxiety and stress is the main reason for their frequent use and misuse. Thus, dependence on ...

Inhaled isoflurane sedation was on par with IV midazolam for children age 3 to 17 years in the ICU on mechanical ventilation in a randomized trial. Isoflurane also reduced time to extubation and ...