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Medetomidine: the dangerous animal sedative turning up in Scotland’s street drugs

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par Colin Davidson, Professor of Neuropharmacology, University of Lancashire

A sedative developed for cats and dogs is turning up in Scotland’s illicit drug supply. Medetomidine has been found in a fifth of heroin samples in Scotland, and there is no proven antidote if someone overdoses.

Often called a new street drug, medetomidine was actually first developed as a sedative more than 50 years ago. It was patented in 1981 and introduced in Europe in 1987 under the name Domitor – a sedative for use in veterinary…

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