Description
How it looks,tastes and smells
What does it look like?
Synthetic opioids have been sold as white powder, and they have also been found mixed with synthetic cannabinoids in herbal smoking mixtures.
Medical synthetic opiates, such as fentanyl, are available as patches, pills, tablets, lollipops and solutions for injection.
How do people take it?
Engineered narcotics can be utilized along these lines to regular sedatives; they can be infused, sniffed, gulped or warmed and breathed in.
Sniffing or breathing in engineered narcotics might harm your throat and nose. Infusing can cause dreadful harm to your veins and courses, which can prompt gangrene (passing of body tissue, generally a finger, toe or an appendage), blood clusters/apoplexies and to diseases.
There are additionally gambles from sharing needles, needles and other gear utilized for infusing – with the risk of creating serious tissue diseases or spreading viral diseases like hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV.
How does it make you feel?
As with natural opiates, the effects of synthetic opioids include:
- pain relief
- euphoria or well-being
- relaxation
- sleepiness
User have also reported sweating, itching and nausea.
Duration?
How long the effects last and the drug stays in your system depends on how much you’ve taken, your size and what other drugs you may have also taken.
Physical health risks
These are the same as the risks of natural opioids.
However, as some synthetic opioids are more potent than natural opioids they can be effective at very small doses, which can make it easier to take too much and experience the negative and harmful effects, which can include:
- Constipation
- Itching
- Nausea and retching
- Lethargy
- Loss of consciousness and coma
- There is a greater risk of overdose and death if you mix synthetic opioids with other drugs that suppress breathing such as alcohol, benzodiazepines (like diazepam or Valium), and/or other opiate drugs (like heroin)
- Dizziness or fainting
- Suppression of normal breathing, including respiratory arrest (when you stop breathing altogether)
- If you inject synthetic opioids you can do nasty damage to your veins and arteries, and this can lead to gangrene (death of body tissue, usually a finger, toe or a limb), blood clots/thromboses and to infections
- There are also risks from sharing needles, syringes and other equipment used for injecting – with the danger of developing serious tissue infections or spreading viral infections like hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV
- Blurred vision and temporary hearing loss has been reported by some people who had taken MT-45, in one case the hearing loss reportedly lasted for more than two weeks
- There are also social harms that can develop with repeated use of synthetic opioids, especially if you become addicted. These social harms can include committing crime to afford to buy more synthetic opioids, disruption to your family life and other relationships, general poor health and social functioning including through loss of employment.
What is synthetic opioids cut with?
It is possible that a synthetic opioid may be contaminated during its production and shipment or it may be mixed with another substance(s), such as sugar, starch or powdered milk, to increase its bulk and the seller’s profits.
Testing has shown that MT-45 has been sold in combination with other drugs.
Fentanyl has been found added to heroin and in some post-mortem analyses.
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