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. 2021 Summer;66(3):34-38.

First Polish case of fatal single-substance poisoning with cyclopropylfentanyl, a new synthetic opioid

Pieprzyca Ewelina, Skowronek Rafał, Ska Korczy Małgorzata, Kulikowska Joanna, Czekaj Piotr
  • PMID: 34551557
Case Reports

First Polish case of fatal single-substance poisoning with cyclopropylfentanyl, a new synthetic opioid

Pieprzyca Ewelina et al. Soud Lek. 2021 Summer.

Abstract

The article presents the first Polish case of fatal single-substance poisoning with cyclopropylfentanyl, a representative of fentanyl derivatives, whose victim was a 37-year-old man. This opioid was detected in biological material collected during medicolegal autopsy and in the syringe found near the deceased. Blood and urine samples were analyzed using liquid chromatography with mass spectrometry. The concentration of cyclopropylfentanyl was 24 ng/mL in blood and 73 ng/mL in urine.

Keywords: cyclopropylfentanyl; fentanyl analogs; new psychoactive substances (NPS); opioids.

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