9/6/23-Medication for Addiction Treatment post overdose considering Xylazine

Presentation Resources

-CDC and prevention WONDER Data set 

-Drug poisoning cases with codes 

T42.7 or T46.5 in International Classification of Diseases

-U.S. Recorded Nearly 110,000 Overdose Deaths in 2022 (NY Times)

-www.dshs.texas.gov  (chronic xylazine injection)

-Xylazine www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

-Xylazine www.substanceusephilly.com

-Love, et al  (Abstract and Summary only) 

Opioid overdoses involving xylazine in emergency department patients: a mulitcenter study

-Seeger, D & Loden, J.  (Abstract and Summary only) Naloxone Reversal of Clonidine 2018

1Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai,

New York, NY, USA.

• 2Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.

• 3Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical

Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

• 4American College of Medical Toxicology, Phoenix, AZ, USA.

• 5University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, USA.

• 6Center for Forensic Science Research and Education, Fredric Rieders Family

Foundation Willow Grove, Willow Grove, PA, USA.

• 7Lehigh Valley Health Network, Bethlehem, PA, USA.

• 8Rutgers New Jersey School of Medicine, Newark, NJ, USA.

• 9Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, USA.

• 10Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.

• 11University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.

• 12Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, USA.

• 13University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA.