Zeyna started showing signs of distress in December. On June 19 a team of vets and caregivers were at Safari West to help ...

Julian Magana of Chandler was sentenced to 9.25 years in prison after pleading guilty to two counts of sale or transportation of narcotic drugs. Magana sold 10,000 carfentanil-laced pills to a ...

A new Penn Nursing study suggests that the specific sedatives used during critical illness in early childhood may have long-term implications for a child's neurocognitive development. Martha A.Q.

Objectives It can be challenging to manage patients who are anxious during dental procedures. There is a lack of evidence regarding the effectiveness and safety of oral sedation in adults. This study ...

The CDC has issued a national health advisory warning that medetomidine — a veterinary sedative not approved for human use — is increasingly being detected in the illicit fentanyl supply, raising the ...

Midazolam and dexmedetomidine are widely used sedatives for mechanically ventilated patients in the intensive care unit (ICU). However, their comparative effectiveness and safety remain debated. This ...

Researchers have long known that parts of Atlantic Canada have the highest rates of chronic prescription sedative use among older adults in the country, with numbers roughly two to three times the ...

Advanced airway equipment and cardiac monitoring must be available if a patient is to be given chemical restraints. If a patient’s respiratory status declines, ALS providers must be able and willing ...

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 ...

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 ...

In a recent article, 1 Riisfeldt attempts to show that the principle of double effect (PDE) is unsound as an ethical principle and problematic in its application to palliative opioid and sedative use ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Experts on Staten Island and nationwide are warning that drug traffickers are mixing potentially lethal fentanyl with veterinary sedatives — including one powerful enough to ...