Today we are going to be making chlorobutanol. It was historically used as a hypnotic sedative and it is currently used as an antibacterial/preservative. I think it ...

Southern Nevada health officials have detected medetomidine — a veterinary sedative also known as “rhino tranq” — in the local illicit drug supply, warning it can cause prolonged sedation and ...

This content is sponsored by NOVA Dental Anesthesia. If the thought of going to the dentist makes you nervous, you are not alone. About 75% of adults have some type of anxiety about sitting down in ...

Dr. Alexis Crabtree, medical lead for harm reduction and substance use services at the BC Centre for Disease Control, speaks with Jordan Armstrong about medetomidin now infilitrating the already ...

There’s a new beast on the streets — and it’s nothing to bark at. A powerful animal tranquilizer is increasingly saturating the US drug supply, fueling mass overdose outbreaks in hot spots like ...

OAKLAND — An Alameda County jury has acquitted a man of murder and manslaughter in a fatal shooting at a 2020 barbecue, after his defense argued that the shooting was self-defense, and that the victim ...

Intubations are a common medical practice in which doctors insert a tube into the trachea to hold the airway open for patients who cannot breathe effectively due to illness or trauma-related injuries.

Doctors treating seriously ill patients in an emergency setting may want to give the sedative etomidate, rather than ketamine, while placing a breathing tube, according to a randomized trial published ...

The Massachusetts Special Commission on Xylazine will hold preliminary meetings Monday and Tuesday, in efforts to study the increasing presence of the dangerous animal sedative in the state’s illicit ...

When a patient undergoes conscious sedation, they are given pain and relaxation medications via an intravenous (IV) line in the arm. Unlike general anesthesia, the patient remains awake throughout the ...