2012
DOI: 10.3109/15563650.2012.660574
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“Crocodile” – new dangerous designer drug of abuse from the East

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“…The presence of krokodil was confirmed in Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden and Norway [2]. It has been first reported in the US in Arizona in 2013 [4].…”
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“…The presence of krokodil was confirmed in Poland, Germany, France, Belgium, Sweden and Norway [2]. It has been first reported in the US in Arizona in 2013 [4].…”
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“…The effects on the user are similar to that of heroin, although they are reduced from 4-8 hours for heroin to 1 hour for homemade desomorphine. 2 Due to the impure nature of krokodil, phlebitis and gangrene are common. Tissue damage is drastic and it is believed that users' life expectancy is only 2-3 years.…”
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“…Tissue damage is drastic and it is believed that users' life expectancy is only 2-3 years. 2 AB, a 19 year old female sex worker, presented after having lived in the United Kingdom for 27 months. She came to the UK illegally from Romania to be with her boyfriend who was already working in the country.…”
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“…Outro opioide, a codeína, tem também sido utilizada clandestinamente para a síntese da 'desomorfina das ruas' (ou 'dihidrodesoximorfina -D', krokodil (crocodilo) ou 'heroína russa'). 61 A desomorfina tem também efeitos sedativos e analgésicos e é cerca de 8-10 vezes mais potente do que a morfina.…”
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“…A desomorfina é facilmente produzida a partir de codeína, iodo e fósforo vermelho, mas quando feitos através desta forma, é altamente impura e apresenta-se contaminada com vários outros xenobióticos, nomeadamente de resíduos ácidos e alcalinos, derivados do petróleo, óleos industriais, solventes orgânicos, de fósforo vermelho, iodo e metais pesados. 61 Esta mistura provoca isquemia perifé-rica, necrose, flebite e gangrena, muitas vezes secundariamente infetadas, que frequentemente requerem intervenção cirúrgica e até amputações dos membros.…”
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