Novel Sedative Medetomidine Linked to Opioid Overdoses in Chicago, Complicating Naloxone Response
May 30, 2025
May 30, 2025
WASHINGTON, May 30 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Vol. 74 / No. 15), titled "Overdoses Involving Medetomidine Mixed with Opioids -- Chicago, Illinois, May 2024" issued on May 1, 2025, detailed a significant cluster of overdoses in Chicago during May 2024, involving the nonopioid sedative medetomidine mixed with opioids. This cluster represents the largest reported fo . . .