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Mass opioid overdose outbreak caused by new type of fentanyl controlled
By Melany Mejias / Monday, 09 Oct 2017 02:16PM
A new type of fentanyl sold as a pain reliever called Percocet caused an unusual opioid overdose outbreak in Georgia in June. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that has the potential to be 50 times stronger than heroin. The victims bought the yellow pills from a Macon street dealer, who ultimately caused 40 overdose cases and six of them resulted in deaths.
All of the overdose victims bought the pills from the same drug house, and five of them were from the same household in Macon. Local police officers hadn?t seen anything like those deadly pills before, and it was the first time health workers had to deal with such a high number of overdoses in a short period.
Patients who suffered from high levels of pain apparently ran out of their Percocet pills and went to the streets to find more. Percocet is just a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen, but the victims didn?t know the dealer would be selling a lethal drug capable of causing so much trouble...
Mass opioid overdose outbreak caused by new type of fentanyl controlled
By Melany Mejias / Monday, 09 Oct 2017 02:16PM
A new type of fentanyl sold as a pain reliever called Percocet caused an unusual opioid overdose outbreak in Georgia in June. Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that has the potential to be 50 times stronger than heroin. The victims bought the yellow pills from a Macon street dealer, who ultimately caused 40 overdose cases and six of them resulted in deaths.
All of the overdose victims bought the pills from the same drug house, and five of them were from the same household in Macon. Local police officers hadn?t seen anything like those deadly pills before, and it was the first time health workers had to deal with such a high number of overdoses in a short period.
Patients who suffered from high levels of pain apparently ran out of their Percocet pills and went to the streets to find more. Percocet is just a combination of oxycodone and acetaminophen, but the victims didn?t know the dealer would be selling a lethal drug capable of causing so much trouble...