Kanada. CCENDU Drug Alert - Nitazenes What Are Nitazenes? Nitazenes are potent synthetic opioids from a drug class known as benzimidazole-opioids. Some nitazenes are estimated to be several times more potent than fentanyl. They were develop…

New Synthetic Opioids Use among Patients in Treatment for an Opioid Use Disorder in Barcelona.  Alías-Ferri M, Marchei E, Pacifici R, Pichini S, Pellegrini M, Pérez-Mañá C, Papaseit E, Muga R, Fonseca F, Farré M, Torrens M.  Eur Addict R…

New Synthetic Opioids Use among Patients in Treatment for an Opioid Use Disorder in Barcelona.  Alías-Ferri M, Marchei E, Pacifici R, Pichini S, Pellegrini M, Pérez-Mañá C, Papaseit E, Muga R, Fonseca F, Farré M, Torrens M.  Eur Addict R…

Unspecified opioids among opioid overdoses in Oslo, Norway.  Iqbal ZZ, Nguyen TMT, Brekke M, Vallersnes OM.  BMC Res Notes. 2022 Apr 9;15(1):134. doi: 10.1186/s13104-022-06022-2. PMID: 35397589; PMCID: PMC8994352. https://www.ncbi.nlm.n…

Indien. 'Chitta' reaching Himachal via Punjab more lethal Consuming ‘chitta’ regularly for three to four months could result in platelets falling below 10,000, which could prove fatal. (The Tribune, Indien, 15.04.2022) https://www.tribuneindia.com…

Warnmeldung: Hochpotente synthetische Opioide im Umlauf, z.T. enthalten in gefälschten Medikamenten Aus Deutschland liegen Berichte zu mindestens drei Todesfällen vor, bei denen der Verdacht auf eine (Misch-)Intoxikation mit synthetischen Opioiden…