A drug which eats the flesh from inside out is rapidly spreading across America. Overdoses are hard to treat, and many may be unaware they're taking it.
Part of the reason for its rapid proliferation is its relative inexpensiveness. Xylazine is widely available online for veterinary use, but the DEA says it is being sold illicitly, mainly by Chinese suppliers."The United States has experienced a massive change in its illicit drug supply over the past several years, most notably through the rapid expansion of illicit fentanyl," Volkow said.
Kugler said xylazine"wasn't something that was so much on their radar" until"very, very recently," but was now"definitely getting much more of a crackdown." However, its mixing with other drugs provides a greater risk to the user—and many are unaware they are ingesting it. Xylazine can cause dangerously slow breathing and heart rate, but its flesh-eating quality is believed to arise from the constriction of blood vessels and reduced oxygenation of the skin that repeated use precipitates.
"Previously, people knew if there was an abscess starting, it was generally at the injection site, and they may get treatment," she said."This could go on for a much longer period of time because they may experience some of the abscesses starting internally."
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