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Tri-State doctors vigilant of new, highly addictive flesh-eating drug

Krokodil seen in Louisville

A new, highly addictive drug is making its way into the Tri-State.
A new, highly addictive drug is making its way into the Tri-State.
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Tri-State doctors vigilant of new, highly addictive flesh-eating drug
Krokodil seen in Louisville
Tri-State doctors are on the lookout for a new, highly addictive opioid.Krokodil is been called a flesh-eating drug. It hasn't shown up in the Tri-State area yet, but it's already been found in Louisville, and Tri-State doctors and nurses have been told to be vigilant.The effects of the drug look like something out of a horror movie."I understand that the name of it (is) because the skin starts to scale, like a crocodile. But then flesh can actually fall off your body and sores and things that don't heal, and some horrendous looking aftermaths of this drug," Warren County Drug Task Force Commander John Burke said.Burke said he's fielded question after question from people wondering if the new drug has made an appearance in the Tri-State.바카라게임 온라인 바카라 게임 5 has learned that Kentucky drug enforcement authorities have seen it in Louisville, and doctors and nurses at local hospitals have been told to watch for patients who show symptoms.So far, Burke said, the drug has not been found in Ohio."There's been a lot of rumors and some supposed sightings, but as the stuff is taken to the lab and is tested, very quickly it's found out not to be the product," Burke said.Burke said Krokodil is the poor man's heroin, but more powerful. It is an injectable opioid, similar to heroin, but with codeine as the key ingredient.Burke said it was originally made in Russia, where codeine is available over the counter. Codeine requires a prescription in the U.S., and Burke said he hopes that keeps the drug at bay."I would think that that alone will thwart wholesale making of this, unlike in those other countries," Burke said.The concerns about Krokodil extended north to Dayton, where health care experts met on Wednesday to warn the public about the drug.To read the government warning, click here.

Tri-State doctors are on the lookout for a new, highly addictive opioid.

Krokodil is been called a flesh-eating drug. It hasn't shown up in the Tri-State area yet, but it's already been found in Louisville, and Tri-State doctors and nurses have been told to be vigilant.

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The effects of the drug look like something out of a horror movie.

"I understand that the name of it (is) because the skin starts to scale, like a crocodile. But then flesh can actually fall off your body and sores and things that don't heal, and some horrendous looking aftermaths of this drug," Warren County Drug Task Force Commander John Burke said.

Burke said he's fielded question after question from people wondering if the new drug has made an appearance in the Tri-State.

바카라게임 온라인 바카라 게임 5 has learned that Kentucky drug enforcement authorities have seen it in Louisville, and doctors and nurses at local hospitals have been told to watch for patients who show symptoms.

So far, Burke said, the drug has not been found in Ohio.

"There's been a lot of rumors and some supposed sightings, but as the stuff is taken to the lab and is tested, very quickly it's found out not to be the product," Burke said.

Burke said Krokodil is the poor man's heroin, but more powerful. It is an injectable opioid, similar to heroin, but with codeine as the key ingredient.

Burke said it was originally made in Russia, where codeine is available over the counter. Codeine requires a prescription in the U.S., and Burke said he hopes that keeps the drug at bay.

"I would think that that alone will thwart wholesale making of this, unlike in those other countries," Burke said.

The concerns about Krokodil extended north to Dayton, where health care experts met on Wednesday to warn the public about the drug.

To read the government warning, .