Pilot findings on the real-world performance of xylazine test strips for drug residue testing and the importance of secondary testing methods.

Erin Thompson; Jessica Tardif; Merci Ujeneza; Adina Badea

doi:10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100241

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Pilot findings on the real-world performance of xylazine test strips for drug residue testing and the importance of secondary testing methods.

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Pilot findings on the real-world performance of xylazine test strips for drug residue testing and the importance of secondary testing methods.

Erin Thompson, Jessica Tardif, Merci Ujeneza and Adina Badea

Drug and alcohol dependence reports, Vol.11, 100241

05/06/2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dadr.2024.100241

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drug checking

xylazine

Xylazine is a sedative found increasingly in the illicit fentanyl supply that can cause hypotension, bradycardia, necrosis and death. This pilot examined the real-world performance of BTNX xylazine test strips (XTS) in drug residue samples.

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Title: Pilot findings on the real-world performance of xylazine test strips for drug residue testing and the importance of secondary testing methods.
Creators: Erin Thompson - Rhode Island Hospital
Jessica Tardif - Rhode Island Hospital
Merci Ujeneza - Rhode Island Hospital
Adina Badea - Rhode Island Hospital
Publication Details: Drug and alcohol dependence reports, Vol.11, 100241
Publisher: Elsevier
Identifiers: 9924457659701921
Academic Unit: Heller School for Social Policy and Management
Resource Type: Journal article

Pilot findings on the real-world performance of xylazine test strips for drug residue testing and the importance of secondary testing methods.

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