Oslo University Hospital writes in a Press release that a new synthetic opioid is in circulation in Norway.
– The National Treatment Service for CBRNE medicine reports that a synthetic opioid called protonitazen has been detected in Norway. It has not been demonstrated before in Norway, they write in the press release.
They write that there are “life-threatening accidents” in which the substance was involved.
– Protonitazen is a synthetic opioid that is not in clinical use, but is sold illegally. It is very potent, which means that a small dose can cause life-threatening effects such as respiratory arrest and cardiac arrest, writes OUS.
The substance can be taken in many ways, including as a nasal spray. They write that it is not necessarily marked correctly.
– Users should not take drugs themselves, but be with someone, they write further.
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