Episode 1: Nitazene and Xylazine

In this week’s episode we discuss the recent OHID report talking about synthetic opioid deaths in England. We also discuss a paper by Bedard et al. talking about Xylazine withdrawal in mice and its receptor binding activity, and a paper by Love et al. discussing how Xylazine alters opioid overdose patient’s outcomes. 

Hope you enjoy!

Links to the papers we have discussed:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/deaths-linked-to-potent-synthetic-opioids/deaths-linked-to-potent-synthetic-opioids
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15563650.2022.2159427?ref=opioiddatalab.ghost.io
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772392524000142#:~:text=A%20general%20assumption%20has%20been%20that%20due