An abnormally slow heart rate is associated with xylazine-fentanyl overdose; primarily seen in northeastern United States
An abnormally slow heart rate is associated with xylazine-fentanyl overdose; primarily seen in northeastern United States
Researchers have identified bradycardia—an abnormally low heart rate–as a symptom of xylazine-opioid overdose. This breakthrough finding from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai may help emergency medicine physicians detect whether patients have been exposed to xylazine, a drug that is increasingly found as an additive to the illicit fentanyl supply, particularly in the Northeast. (The Mount Sinai Hospital / Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY/USA, 13.01.2026)
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