USA. PUBLIC ALERT December 2021: Adverse Effects Linked to Next Generation Opioids Reported in Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments After Suspected Opioid Overdose
USA. PUBLIC ALERT December 2021: Adverse Effects Linked to Next Generation Opioids Reported in Patients Presenting to Emergency Departments After Suspected Opioid Overdose
Purpose: The objective of this announcement is to notify public health and safety, clinicians, law enforcement, first responders, medical examiners and coroners, forensic and clinical laboratory personnel, and all other related communities about new information surrounding new generation synthetic opioids in clinical settings after suspected opioid overdoses and presentation to emergency departments, including: metonitazene, N-piperidinyl etonitazene, isotonitazene, and brorphine. (npsdiscovery.org, USA, Dezember 2021)
https://www.npsdiscovery.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Public-Alert_Next-Generation-Opioids-in-Clincial-Cases_NPS-Discovery_120321.pdf