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A desomorphine product, usually based on codeine, has been developed as a recreational drug. [13] The product in question is typically a highly impure variant of desomorphine. The scaly sores and necrosis that develop around the injection site has prompted the name krokodil (Russian for crocodile).
Methyldesorphine is an opioid analgesic. First synthesized in Germany in 1940 and patented in the US in 1952, [2] it has a high potential for abuse as with any potent opioid agonist, and is sometimes found along with desomorphine as a component of the home-made opioid mixture known as "Krokodil" used in Russia and the neighboring former Soviet republics. [3]
A fixed drug eruption is the term for a drug eruption that occurs in the same skin area every time the person is exposed to the drug. Eruptions can occur frequently with a certain drug (for example, with phenytoin [8]), or be very rare (for example, Sweet's syndrome following the administration of colony-stimulating factors [9]).
A photographer travels back to Russia to see how the deadly flesh eating drug, Krokodil, has affected the life of a recovering drug addict.
Zombie drug may refer to: Desomorphine , a synthetic opioid also known by its street name krokodil and colloquially called the zombie drug alpha-Pyrrolidinopentiophenone , a synthetic stimulant also known by its street name flakka and colloquially called the zombie drug
Ginger has skin cancer, which has manifested in a kidney-shaped tumor about 5 inches in length near the base of her rib cage on her right side. We apply a Mozotic suspension ointment to a gauze ...
Drug-induced pigmentation of the skin may occur as a consequence of drug administration, and the mechanism may be postinflammatory hyperpigmentation in some cases, but frequently is related to actual deposition of the offending drug in the skin. [2]: 125–6 The incidence of this change varies, and depends on the type of medication involved.
Cellulite caused by repetitive piercing of skin through intravenous injections. Scabs on the skin. Dark spots on the face and body. Serious tooth decay. Read more on the physical side effects of ...