Xylazine – from a veterinary medicine to a deadly drug of abuse
Xylazine, a potent α2-adrenergic receptor agonist, is used exclusively in veterinary medicine for its sedative, analgesic and muscle-relaxant effects. The drug is used in dogs, cats, rabbits, horses, cattle, sheep, goats, cervids, birds and laboratory animals for sedation and also to prepare for the...
Main Author: | Jolanta Barbara Zawilska |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | Polish |
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Polish Pharmaceutical Society
2023-11-01
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Series: | Farmacja Polska |
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Online Access: | https://www.ptfarm.pl/download/?file=File%2FFarmacja+Polska%2F2023%2F7%2F02_OG_Ksylazyna_n.pdf |
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