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Home Public Health Alert Fluorofentanyl Identified in Forensic Casework as Wave of Fentanyl-Related Substances Appears in the United States

Fluorofentanyl Identified in Forensic Casework as Wave of Fentanyl-Related Substances Appears in the United States

December 3, 2020

Fluorofentanyl was identified as early as 2016 in the U.S. and Europe, but overall detections remained low until recent months. Positivity of para-fluorofentanyl began increasing in Q3 2020 and within a few months this fentanyl analogue has been identified in 16 forensic cases. para-Fluorofentanyl is commonly found in combination with fentanyl, but the concentration ratio between these two substances varies (0.003 to 26); para-fluorofentanyl is the primary synthetic opioid in multiple cases. para-Fluorofentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid with reported potency similar to fentanyl.

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Tags: DUID, Fentanyl, Fluorofentanyl, Forensic, NPS, Postmortem, Synthetic Opioid, Toxicology

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