On the Horizon: The Synthetic Opioid U-49900

Synthetic opioid use continues to be a problem in the United States. New designer opioids continue to be released as "research chemicals" by vendors, leading to widespread use and potentially devastating consequences. U-49900 is a new synthetic opioid with limited clinical data available....

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Alzghari, Saeed K, Amin, Zubair M, Chau, Sophie, Fleming, Steven W, Cho, Kevin, Fung, Victor
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2017
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Public Health
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5679768/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29152436
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.1679
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Sumario:Synthetic opioid use continues to be a problem in the United States. New designer opioids continue to be released as "research chemicals" by vendors, leading to widespread use and potentially devastating consequences. U-49900 is a new synthetic opioid with limited clinical data available. Herein, we provide an overview of U-49900, the anecdotal accounts of U-49900 use that clinicians need to be made aware of, and a call for the federal government to take immediate action in curtailing the use of U-49900.

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