In a first-of-its-kind meeting, doctors discuss how to treat addicts’ tranq wounds

Patients addicted to opioids are arriving at ERs with deep wounds that expose their bones. Some have lost multiple limbs. And many ultimately are leaving hospitals against medical advice, with severe, untreated skin lesions, insisting they can’t bear the withdrawal from tranq—the drug that caused their wounds in the first place.

This article was originally published on MedicalXpress.com

You may also be interested in:

Read More:

Lawyers Lookup