Xylazine Test Strips for Drug Checking
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چکیده
Why is this an issue?
 
 The opioid crisis ongoing public health concern in Canada. In 2022, a total of 7,328 apparent toxicity deaths were reported, which average 20 per day.
 Xylazine, referred to as tranq, animal tranquilizer that has appeared adulterant the unregulated drug supply (particularly opioids) and contributing increasing numbers poisoning (overdose) events deaths.
 There no approved for humans reversing effects xylazine, so detection critical.
 What technology?
 Rapid Response Xylazine Test Strip by BTNX (Pickering, Ontario) rapid test xylazine can be used checking supply.
 potential impact?
 have harmful effects, such severe skin lesions, central nervous system depression, cardiovascular death.
 using strip could alter consumption behaviours, avoiding use contaminated drugs, reducing quantity consumed, injecting more slowly, or choosing at supervised site.
 else do we need know?
 strips are currently available Canada $349.00 box 100 $3.49 strip.
 Although these good they not designed anticipate next enter equally even dangerous. Therefore, would useful part robust harm reduction strategy.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Canadian journal of health technologies
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2563-6596']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.51731/cjht.2023.691