New opioids are joining the illicit drug supply, and they're more potent than fentanyl

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New opioids are joining the illicit drug supply, and they're more potent than fentanyl
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In recent years, the opioid epidemic has been worsened by the advent of street fentanyl, an illicit version of a powerful prescription painkiller.

and medical toxicology expert with Lehigh Valley Health Network-USF Morsani College of Medicine in Bethlehem, Pa.

But nitazenes started to show up again during the early days of the pandemic, when powder, tablets and liquid versions of the opioid were first found to have filtered into the street drug supply. To gain insight into the threat posed by nitazenes, Amaducci's team reviewed medical data concerning a small group of patients who were treated at anThe patients—four men and five women—ranged in age from 20 to 57.

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