Emerging Characteristics of Isotonitazene-Involved Overdose Deaths: A Case-Control Study.
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...J Addict Med Volume 15, Number 5, September/October 2021 D eaths involving synthetic opioids have increased tenfold from 2013 to 2018 in the United States, with 36,509 nationwide in 2019.(1,2) Though the largest share of synthetic opioid deaths involve fentanyl and its analogues, novel synthetic opioids are continuously emerging....
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...counties that have publicly available detailed drug-involved mortality.(10) Of these, none had any cases where isotonitazene was listed as a cause of death....
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...Determining whether isotonitazene-involved overdoses require higher doses of naloxone is also a key priority, and along with the spread of fentanyl, may support increasing the standard dose of naloxone.(7,8)...
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...The naloxone dosing required to reverse an isotonitazene overdose has not been established; however, studies of other potent synthetic opioids suggest a higher standard dose may be required in some cases.(4,8) In June 2020, the U....
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