Xylazine is a pharmaceutical drug used for sedation, anesthesia, muscle relaxation, and analgesia in animals such as horses, cattle, and other non-human mammals.
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10 Facts About Xylazine
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Xylazine is often used as a sedative, muscle relaxant, and analgesic.
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Xylazine is very similar to drugs such as phenothiazine, tricyclic antidepressants, and clonidine.
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Xylazine appears to reduce sensitivity to insulin and glucose uptake in humans.
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Xylazine serves as a transport inhibitor by suppressing norepinephrine transport function through competitive inhibition of substrate transport.
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Xylazine has varying affinities for cholinergic, serotonergic, dopaminergic, 1 adrenergic, H2-histaminergic and opiate receptors.
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Xylazine can be inhaled or administered intravenously, intramuscularly, subcutaneously, or orally either by itself or in conjunction with other anesthetics, such as ketamine, barbiturates, chloral hydrate, and halothane in order to provide reliable anesthesia effects.
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Xylazine administration is used for sedation, anesthesia, muscle relaxation, and analgesia.
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Xylazine was approved by the FDA for veterinary use and is used as an animal tranquilizer.
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