Flesh Eating Krokodil Drug As the Most Horrifying Finally Arrive In US
Krokodil drug, which first become popular in Russia have finally comes in the US. The said drug has a therapeutic effect just like of heroine and morphine which is administered intravenously.
In addition, it has codeine like effect which is used for painkiller. Aside from being a pain killer, it is also incorporated in cough syrup, gasoline, paint thinner and gasoline.
Previously Krokodil is already available in the Russian market a decade ago, which was considered as an alternative for both morphine and heroine. It is considered as the "street version" of morphine, heroine and codeine due to its cheap price compare to the standard pharmaceutical company price.
According to Gawker, Krokodil price twenty times lower than the other medication, hence it was the drug of choice in most diseases that requires morphine and heroine.
However, it has a side effect that causes horrifying physical effect that includes rotting of skin on the inside that causes greenish discharges.
Banner Poison Control Center in Arizona said that there are already two American patients who used the said medication. Aside from the patient's identity, the condition of their disease was kept confidential.
Physicians at Banner Good Samaritan Poison and Drug Information Center in Arizona is alarmed with the said two cases, and continuously monitoring the possibility of more cases that may occur. "As far as I know, these two cases in the US are now reported, and we are frightened about this drug", Dr. Frank Lo Vechhio.
In addition, TIME investigation states that an average lifespan of two to three years are expected for people who undergone the treatment, based on the Russia's mortality rate.
The process of physical damage upon the injection of medication in the veins, causing rupture of tissue in the blood vessel that leads to the death of tissue.
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