The Walking Dead: Krokodil in the US

Krokodil results in Necrotizing Fasciitis.
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Two Chicago area sisters are describing the horrifying side effects of the new designer drug, AmberKrokodil. and Angie Neitzel, sisters from the Chicago area, say they believed they were purchasing heroin but were given the new drug instead. When they began to seek the deep sores forming on the bodies they immediately check themselves and to the local hospital where was found they were suffering from necrosis.

Krokodil

Krokodil (desomorphine) is the new designer drug believed to have originated in Russia and has only recently begun cropping up in the United States. The drugs typically popular among heroin addicts because the effects are similar in the drug is much cheaper than heroin. But the resulting side effects of taking Krokodil are a debilitating deterioration of the bone, musculature and tissues.

Zombies

The users are typically referred to as zombies because the long-term use of Krokodil results in the flesh eating necrosis as well as greatly reduced neurological function. Krokodil is highly addictive, causing zombie-like symptoms and a slow painful death for many of its users. The recent emergence of the drug United States could soon have a major impact on the larger inner cities were high cases of heroin use heaven typically noted.

Cheaper and More Potent

It is speculated that desomorphine is 8 to 10 times the potency of morphine and is much cheaper than heroin. Addicts desperate for a fix may have to switch to the dangerous new drug rather than suffer their symptoms and physical withdrawal. The two sisters in the Chicago suburb of Joliet were only two of the five reported cases. Both admitted to the heroin users but said that they did not know what they were given was desomorphine.

Major Health Concern

The concern with his emergence of the drug in the United States is that heroin addicts could beunknowingly getting this drug believing their receiving heroin. More so, it is believed that heroin dealers are cutting heroine with this new drug to increase their volume. This is a potentially new horrifying development in the already tragic reality of those suffering from addiction to heroin.

Determining how many cases of the drug within the United States is still very difficult. At the current time is believed the drug is just now making its emergence here. The drug has taken a devastating toll in Eastern Europe. We can only hope that with education and treatment for those at risk for coming in contact with the drug will be enough to prevent its widespread affects here United States.