První polský případ smrtelné intoxikace cyklopropylfentanylem, novým syntetickým opioidem
Authors:
Pieprzyca Ewelina 1; Skowronek Rafał 1; Ska Korczy Małgorzata 1; Kulikowska Joanna 1; Czekaj Piotr 2
Authors‘ workplace:
Department of Forensic Medicine and Forensic Toxicology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
1; Department of Cytophysiology, Chair of Histology and Embryology, Medical University of Silesia in Katowice, Katowice, Poland
2
Published in:
Soud Lék., 66, 2021, No. 3, p. 34-38
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Overview
Prezentovaná práce popisuje první případ smrtelné intoxikace derivátem fentanylu, konkrétně cyclopropylfentanylem v Polské republice, jehož obětí byl 37letý muž. Tento opioid byl prokázán v biologickém materiálu odebraném během soudně lékařské pitvy a ve stříkačce nalezené poblíž zemřelého. Krev a moč zemřelého byly analyzovány metodou kapalinové chromatografie s hmotnostní spektrometrií. V krvi zemřelého byla zjištěna koncentrace cyklopropylfentanylu 24 ng/ml a v jeho moči 73 ng/ml. Případ úmrtí byl uzavřen jako smrtelná intoxikace jedinou látkou - cyklopropylfentanylem s náhlým udušením ucpáním dýchacích cest. Z popsaného případu vyplývá, že cyklopropylfentanyl je další syntetický opioid, který ohrožuje životy jeho uživatelů, a proto vyžaduje neustálé sledování a další studie.
Klíčová slova:
opioidy – analogy fentanylu – cyklopropylfentanyl – nové psychoaktivní látky (NPS)
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