Open AccessEmerging Characteristics of Isotonitazene-Involved Overdose Deaths: A Case-Control Study
Author(s) -
Chelsea L. Shover,
Titilola Falasinnu,
Rohan B. Freedman,
Keith Humphreys
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of addiction medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 1935-3227
pISSN - 1932-0620
DOI - 10.1097/adm.0000000000000775
Subject(s) - medicine , opioid overdose , drug overdose , benzodiazepine , opioid , opioid use disorder , emergency medicine , poison control , medical emergency , (+) naloxone , receptor
Case reports of fatal overdoses involving the novel synthetic opioid isotonitazene have prompted the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to consider an emergency scheduling of the drug in June 2020. We aimed to epidemiologically characterize deaths involving isotonitazene.