Addiction Medicine
Multidisciplinary Team Working to Address New Trends in Opiate Use Disorder
December 18, 2025Hospitals across our region are seeing rapid changes in opiate use disorder as the drug supply continues to shift. Over the past several years, xylazine, a veterinary sedative, emerged as an additive in the fentanyl supply. As an alpha-2 agonist, xylazine causes severe ischemic wounds and requires more surgical and wound care resources. About a […] Read more