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. 2024 Aug 1;73(30):672-674.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7330a3.

Notes from the Field: Detection of Medetomidine Among Patients Evaluated in Emergency Departments for Suspected Opioid Overdoses - Missouri, Colorado, and Pennsylvania, September 2020-December 2023

Evan S Schwarz, Jennie Buchanan, Kim Aldy, Joshua Shulman, Alex Krotulski, Sara Walton, Barry Logan, Paul Wax, Sharan Campleman, Jeffrey Brent, Rachel Culbreth, Alex F Manini; Toxicology Investigators Consortium Fentalog Study Group

Notes from the Field: Detection of Medetomidine Among Patients Evaluated in Emergency Departments for Suspected Opioid Overdoses - Missouri, Colorado, and Pennsylvania, September 2020-December 2023

Evan S Schwarz et al. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. .
No abstract available

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All authors have completed and submitted the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors form for disclosure of potential conflicts of interest. All authors report support from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health. No other potential conflicts of interest were disclosed.

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