carfentanil
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Introduction
DEA schedule II.
Uses
- elephant tranquilizer
- often sold on the streets as heroin[1]
Adverse effects
- opiate overdose
- multiple doses of naloxone may be required
- lethal dose for humans unknown[1]
- involved in 11% of deaths from opioid overdose
- drug adverse effects of opiates
- drug adverse effects of psychotropic agents
- drug adverse effects of sedatives
Mechanism of action
More general terms
References
- ↑ Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Drug Enforcement Agency. September 22, 2016 DEA Issues Carfentanil Warning to Police and Public. Dangerous opioid 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more potent than fentanyl. https://www.dea.gov/divisions/hq/2016/hq092216.shtml
- ↑ Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC) Rising Numbers of Deaths Involving Fentanyl and Fentanyl Analogs, Including Carfentanil, and Increased Usage and Mixing with Non-opioids Emergency Preparedness and Response. July 11, 2018 https://emergency.cdc.gov/han/han00413.asp
O'Donnell J, Gladden RM, Mattson CL, Kariisa M. Notes from the Field: Overdose Deaths with Carfentanil and Other Fentanyl Analogs Detected - 10 States, July 2016 - June 2017. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep 2018;67:767-768 https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/67/wr/mm6727a4.htm