A press release by the Grand Junction Police Department regarding the dangers of carfentanil, a synthetic opioid originally developed as a large animal tranquilizer, stated that four overdose deaths i ...

After being given a sedative to help calm him at the dentist 14 hours prior, this patient was still feeling the effects of the drugs and proceeded to tape his head to the bed so it wouldn't fall off.

People with visual difficulties were significantly more likely to take medication to help them sleep, but that could put them at risk for falls as well, a new study finds.

The Grand Junction Police Department warns of a substance so dangerous, even the tiniest amount, smaller than a grain of salt ...

An animal tranquilizer is the new drug on the street in. Medetomidine is not approved for human use, but doctors say people ...

In March alone, Mesa County saw four deaths suspected to be from fentanyl. Now, the Grand Junction Police Department (GJPD) is warning residents of a new drug on the ...

A major drug trafficking bust in Pickerington has exposed a resurgence of one of the most lethal synthetic opioids known to ...

Xylazine, an animal tranquilizer also referred to as the "zombie drug," is sometimes found mixed with illegal opioid drugs and has "gruesome" side effects. Other pharma news is on quitting vaping, ...

UPMC has created a blueprint for treating patients experiencing gruesome side effects from drugs laced with xylazine.

Some are still holding the foil their drugs came in. Others are walking ... because the human body doesn't metabolize the animal tranquilizer. Instead it eats away the tissue at the point of ...

To amputate or save a limb? Philly’s tranq crisis is forcing doctors to make difficult choices amid a slow public health ...

A tiny amount of carfentanil – smaller than a grain of salt – can be deadly, according to GJPD. Not surprisingly, carfentanil ...