Nitazenes causing overdose in people who have taken fake oxycodone tablets.
Two people have been hospitalised in NSW with severe opioid overdose caused by isotonitazepyne (also known as N-pyrrolidino isotonitazene).
The fake oxycodone tablets have been described as yellow unmarked round tablets, sold as ‘OxyContin 40 mg’.
A similar yellow fake oxycodone tablet with the same nitazene was recently detected by CanTEST in Canberra.
