Medetomidine Infiltrates the US Illicit Opioid Market-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Medetomidine Infiltrates the US Illicit Opioid Market

Published:2024-09-04 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:0098-7484
Container-title:JAMA
language:en
Short-container-title:JAMA

Author:

Palamar Joseph J.¹,Krotulski Alex J.²³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York

2. Center for Forensic Science Research and Education, Fredric Rieders Family Foundation, Horsham, Pennsylvania

3. College of Life Sciences, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Abstract

This Viewpoint discusses the spread of medetomidine in the US illicit opioid market and the need for monitoring and a public health response.

Publisher

American Medical Association (AMA)

Link

https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/articlepdf/2823005/jama_palamar_2024_vp_240109_1724434861.70572.pdf

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