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Carfentanil or carfentanyl, sold under the brand name Wildnil, is an extremely potent opioid analgesic used in veterinary medicine to anesthetize large animals such as elephants and rhinoceroses. [1] It is an analogue of fentanyl which is a structural derivative. It is typically administered in this context by tranquilizer dart. [1]
Deaths from carfentanil rose by more than 700% in the past year, according to the same source — there were 29 deadly overdoses between January and June 2023, and 238 in that same time frame in 2024.
Carfentanil, a fentanyl analog, has an additional carboxylic acid group attached to the 4 position. Carfentanil is 20–30 times as potent as fentanyl and is common in the illicit drug chain. The drug is commonly used to tranquilize elephants and other large animals.
Street dealers are increasingly mixing carfentanil into counterfeit pills, often marketing them under deceptive names like “Super Mario” to unsuspecting users.
Lummi Nation needs $12 million to fully finance a 16-bed, secure medical detox facility that incorporates the tribe's culture, Hillaire said, and money to construct a new counseling center after ...
Ohmecarfentanil (RTI-4614-38), also known as Ohlofentanil, is a mu opioid receptor agonist from the class of fentanyl analogues which was found to be 30,000 times more potent than morphine in the rhesus monkey single dose suppression test. [1]
Gray death is a slang term which refers to potent mixtures of synthetic opioids, for example benzimidazole opioids or fentanyl analogues, which were often sold on the street misleadingly as "heroin". However, other substances such as cocaine have also been laced with opioids that resulted in illness and death.
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