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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 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
To avoid being controlled by the Medicines Act, designer drugs such as mephedrone have been described as "bath salts", or other misnomers such as "plant food" despite the compounds having no history of being used for these purposes. [16] [30] [31] In July 2012, US federal drug policy was amended to ban the drugs commonly found in bath salts. [32]
Click through to see the shocking before and after images: The main side effects heroin causes on appearance according to New Health Advisor are: Weight loss due to loss of appetite, or because a ...
"Krokodil's actual psychoactive content may therefore strongly depend on the medicines, chemicals and reagents available locally, the actual reactions used and on the skills and preferences of those cooking and consuming the drug." So it probably would be better to split this to Krokodil (drug)---it's redirect now.
Less-common side effects can include excess air or gas in your stomach, burping, heartburn, indigestion, fast heartbeat, low blood sugar, low energy and fatigue, or even gallstones, Dr. Comite says.