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Nitazene tablets are easily accessible through social networks, which represents a new worrying phenomenon for the Public Health Department of the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale.
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Posted at 1:18 p.m. EST
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The Public Health Department of the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale calls on its clinicians and partners to be vigilant. In her warning, she raises the risks of overdoses which could be linked to tablets contaminated with nitazenes.
In an email sent to -, the Public Health Department supports the importance of calling for help and going to the emergency room in the event of an overdose, despite treatment with naloxone.
Since these nitazenes are powerful opioids, it is important to remember that more than two doses of naloxone may be necessary to reverse the overdose. Naloxone remains an effective antidote against nitazenes.
Nitazene tablets are easily accessible through social networks, which represents a new worrying phenomenon for the Public Health Department.
As a preventive measure, the CIUSSS de la Capitale-Nationale recalls that the Good Samaritan law offers legal protection to any person who calls for help for an overdose, even if she is in a state of consumption or if she has drugs with her (personal consumption)
writes his spokesperson.
With information from Audrey Paris
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