opioid – NPS Discovery

Archives for opioid

Metonitazene Begins Proliferation as Newest Synthetic Opioid Among Latest Cycle of Non-Fentanyl Related Drugs

January 25, 2021

Metonitazene is a potent synthetic opioid bearing structural resemblance to etonitazene, a synthetic opioid that is nationally and internationally controlled. Metonitazene is dissimilar in structure to other synthetic opioids typically…
READ MORE

Public Health Alert

The Rise of Brorphine — A Potent New Synthetic Opioid Identified in the Midwestern United States

July 27, 2020

Brorphine is a potent synthetic opioid with structural resemblance to fentanyl and its analogues. However, brorphine is not controlled in the U.S. under core-structure scheduling of fentanyl related substances. Recent…
READ MORE

Public Health Alert

Santa Muerte Mass Overdose Outbreak

January 24, 2019

The Center for Forensic Science Research and Education at the Fredric Rieders Family Foundation received notification over the weekend from July 20 to 22, 2018, that hospitals in the Greater…
READ MORE