Synthetic Opioid – NPS Discovery

Archives for Synthetic Opioid

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…
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Potent Synthetic Opioid – Isotonitazene – Recently Identified in the Midwestern United States

November 20, 2019

Isotonitazene has been identified in eight blood specimens associated with postmortem death investigations in the United States since August 2019. Isotonitazene was first reported in August 2019 based on the…
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