Illicit fentanyl, an opioid that, by itself, is 50 to 100 times stronger than heroin, remains a factor in the majority of accidental drug overdoses on Staten Island, in New York City and throughout ...

A dangerous new drug adulterant is spreading through America's illicit opioid supply, and it's making overdoses significantly ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (KRCG) — Amid an uptick in xylazine consumption, commonly known as "tranq," a bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers recently moved to further restrict the drug widely used as ...

Following efforts to crack down on xylazine, two members of Florida’s Cabinet are looking to reclassify the drug commonly ...

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 ...

Benzodiazepines, opioid analgesics, and other sedatives have indispensable medical uses; however, they can also stimulate the reward center in the brain. In susceptible individuals, this can lead to ...

A bipartisan group of Congressional lawmakers moved Tuesday to further restrict xylazine, a veterinary sedative also known as tranq, in an effort to crack down on the drug's spread. Xylazine is ...

SAN FRANCISCO - A deadly sedative known by the street name "tranq" has been detected in at least four fatal overdose victims in San Francisco – raising concerns that the city's already catastrophic ...

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 ...

Long-term benzodiazepine use in older adults disrupts sleep patterns, leading to lighter sleep and potential cognitive ...

A veterinary sedative called xylazine is increasingly showing up in the systems of people who die of opioid overdoses in Cook County, raising concerns that street drugs are becoming even more ...

Imagine you get nine hours of sleep every night, squeeze in long naps whenever you can, and yet every waking hour is a blur of exhaustion, poor focus and longing for the next time your head will hit ...