Researchers at Geneva University Hospital in Geneva, Switzerland, found that the use of alpha-2 agonists with opioids in surgical patients decreased post-surgical opioid use by 25 to 30 percent. The ...

The "iron law of prohibition" is alive and well. An animal anesthetic related to – but worse than – xylazine (Tranq) is called medetomidine. It's starting to be detected in samples of illicit fentanyl ...

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