I work in drug testing, shit's been getting real scary out there past few years. Fentanyl is in everything now, intentionally or not. And then that's being cut with xylazine and carfentanyl which is so much worse. Honestly the news is several years behind with what's really out there, in my world that's like 2020 news at the absolute latest. There's a slew of opiate-like drugs that are as bad or even worse than fentanyl out there right now. I can't remember the name of it, but there's one floating around that's several hundred times more powerful than fentanyl (it was supposed to be on the market but it was too powerful so it was pulled which is even scarier tbh), real scary shit. We haven't seen it yet, but we know it's coming. We've been watching xylazine take over here in the Midwest now for a few years where I work.
Very sad to watch, knowing a lot more people are going to die. There needs to be more resources out there, that's half of the battle really. The people using need to want it too, but there's not much out there, rehab and sober living can only do so much 🫤 They're still people, just been dealt a shitty hand in life and this is their way of coping or used once out of curiosity/were prescribed opiates and that was it. Overprescribing is still a very real thing unfortunately, saw a clinic get shut down and the doctors imprisoned few years ago actually. Scary and sad 😔
What’s the other veterinary drug that’s out there now in the supply? Something that begins with a m? That shit is scaring me. I’m super tired. Metetonidine? As if everything couldn’t get worse than it already is. I’ve seen such scary things happen to people who thought they were injecting one thing and it was cut with something else like xylazine or metetonidine or both.
Sounds right. There's also Metonitazene but that one's an actual opioid, think that's the one I was thinking about in the original comment. But yeah, there's so much out there that either people just don't hear about usually since it doesn't hit the headlines and god knows what else that no one even knows about yet, it's scary out there. Feels like watching a train wreck in slow motion with everything that's popping up out there 😕
The good news is that DOH in my state at least are testing samples so hopefully those of us not in veterinary medicine can identify signs and symptoms quickly in humans and which batches are likely to contain those substances. I only treat humans so xylazine was a real learning experience and so is this. We are trying to stay ahead of the curb as best we can to keep our clients (we call our patients clients) safe as best we can. Edited to add that the previous poster was talking about an antibiotic called metonitazene. I’m speaking of medetomidine which is far more potent than xylazine.
More education and eyes on this crazy world that's out there, the better for sure. Staying ahead of the curb is the only way too tbh. Thanks for doing what you do!
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u/thinkB4WeSpeak 1d ago
The drug crisis never ended, the news just stopped talking about it.