A nurse treats a man's skin wounds in a community outreach storefront in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia in May. Xylazine, a powerful animal sedative that's moving through the illicit drug ...
xylazine, a powerful animal tranquilizer, started appearing in street fentanyl. It has since spread throughout the United States, including in 99% of the street fentanyl in Philadelphia ...
To characterize specific clinical features of xylazine-associated wounds, researchers conducted a case series at three academic medical hospitals in Philadelphia from April 2022 to February 2023.