A 21-year-old boy died in Navarre after consuming nitacene
He died in August 2024, and the University Hospital of Navarre has now confirmed that this was a nitacene death. This is the first death associated with this synthetic opioid in the Basque Country and in the Spanish states.
Navarra University Hospital, in a stock image.
The study carried out by the Toxicology Working Group of the Navarra Universidad Hospital (HUN) has concluded that behind the death of a 21-year-old who died in Navarre in 2024 is the consumption of nitacene, a synthetic opioid 40 times harder than fentanyl and heroin, according to experts.
It would be the first nitacene death in the Basque Country and in the Spanish State. However, the case has not yet been confirmed by the Department of Health of the Government of Navarre, since the first analyses carried out on the young person showed negative nitacene consumption.
The team that has analysed the case has reported the case in an internal hospital publication under the slogan "Nitazenos: a growing threat" , which states that on 28 July 2024, a 21-year-old was treated in the Emergency Service, unconscious and with severe respiratory problems. A had injuries from multiple drug use.
With the administration of three doses of naloxone, a drug to combat the effects of opioids, health personnel managed to restore and stabilize the young man's breathing. The first tests were negative on opioids and positive on amphetamine, methamphetamine, cannabis and cocaine.
On the same day, four hours after hospitalization, the young man applied for medical discharge, and five days later, he was found dead at home.
In the study, experts have highlighted the effects of nitacene consumption, which causes acute and persistent respiratory depression, higher than fentanyl, and very high mortality .
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