Near‐fatal Intoxication with the “New” Synthetic Opioid U‐47700: The First Reported Case in the Czech Republic

• Published in: Journal of forensic sciences Vol. 64; no. 2; pp. 647 - 650
• Main Authors: Židková, Monika, Horsley, Rachel, Hloch, Ondřej, Hložek, Tomáš
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Wiley Subscription Services, Inc 01.03.2019
• Subjects: 3,4‐ dichloro‐N‐(2‐(dimethylamino)cyclohexyl)‐N‐methylbenzamide; Chromatography; clonazolam; Drug abuse; forensic science; forensic toxicology; Gas chromatography; Intoxication; Liquid chromatography; Mass spectrometry; Metabolites; Methadone; Narcotics; novel benzodiazepine; novel psychoactive substance; Recreational use; Scientific imaging; Spectroscopy; synthetic opioid; U47700; Urine; Ventilation; Czech Republic; forensic toxicology; novel benzodiazepine; 3,4- dichloro-N-(2-(dimethylamino)cyclohexyl)-N-methylbenzamide; forensic science; synthetic opioid; clonazolam; U47700; novel psychoactive substance

Recreational use of the potent synthetic opioid 3,4‐ dichloro‐N‐(2‐(dimethylamino)cyclohexyl)‐N‐methylbenzamide (U‐47700) is rising, accompanied by increasingly frequent cases of serious intoxication. This article reports a case of near‐fatal U‐47700 intoxication. A man was found unconscious (with d...