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Desomorphine Goes “Crocodile”

2012; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 31; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1080/10550887.2012.735570

1545-0848

Maximilian Gahr, Roland W. Freudenmann, Christoph Hiemke, Ingo M. Gunst, Bernhard J. Connemann, Carlos Schönfeldt‐Lecuona,

Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes

A systematic review was conducted to identify the available data for the term Krokodil, which is a jargon expression for an allegedly new drug. Krokodil seems to be a mixture of several substances and was first used in Russia in 2003, with a tremendous increase in the number of addicted individuals since then. The psychoactive core agent of Krokodil is desomorphine, an opioid-analogon that can be manufactured by boiling tablets containing codeine and other ingredients. The procedure results in a suspension that is used intravenously and regularly causes complications such as abscess, thrombophlebitis, and gangrene.