Carfentanil or carfentanyl, sold under the brand name Wildnil, is an extremely potent opioid analgesic used in veterinary medicine to anesthetize large animals such as elephants and rhinoceroses. [1] It is an analogue of fentanyl which is a structural derivative.

2017年6月29日 · The substance was originally thought to be methamphetamine when first responders tested it in the field on June 7, but the Houston Forensic Science Center determined the suspicious powder was, in fact, carfentanil, an extremely lethal form of fentanyl primarily used as a tranquilizer for elephants and other large animals.

2016年9月21日 · As if America’s opioid addiction epidemic could get any worse, black market drug lords have begun to lace heroin with carfentanil, a synthetic opioid humans normally use to tranquilize elephants....

11 小时之前 · Elephants at San Diego Zoo Safari Park formed an alert circle to protect their young as a magnitude 5.2 earthquake hit the region Monday morning. ... she published a series on fentanyl addiction ...

2021年11月21日 · Carfentanil is being used to lace marijuana, cocaine, psychedelics, and meth - without the users' knowledge. A potent drug called Carfentanil used to tranquilize large animals is showing up on the...

2016年8月3日 · Fentanyl, the opioid painkiller that killed Prince and is 50 times stronger than morphine, pales in comparison to a new drug called carfentanil. Carfentanil is a drug so strong that it's used to...

2022年2月11日 · After nine days of trial and error, they discovered the culprit: carfentanil, an opioid 10,000 times stronger than morphine, 100 times stronger than fentanyl and 50 times stronger than heroin....

2016年9月6日 · Carfentanil is a synthetic opioid and can slow breathing significantly. It’s not approved for human use, but is used commercially to sedate large animals, such as elephants. As little as 2...

2016年7月28日 · A drug used to sedate elephants and other large animals, 100 times as potent as the fentanyl already escalating the country's heroin troubles, is suspected in spates of overdoses in several...

Carfentanil, an elephant tranquilizer that experts say is 10,000 times stronger than morphine and 100 times stronger than fentanyl, is wreaking havoc in the US. The dangerous drug, sometimes sold as fentanyl, has left first responders scrambling to save lives.