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[The Shadow Self]

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‘Designer Xanax’ behind rising number of overdose deaths: CDC report​

Story by Brooke Steinberg • 3h


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Bromazolam — also known by street names like “fake Xanax” and “dope” — is one of at least a dozen unapproved “designer” benzodiazepines, a class of drugs used to treat anxiety, that has been created in the lab to be more potent than approved drugs.
The CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) detailed three case studies of “previously healthy young adults” — two 25-year-old men and one 20-year-old woman — who took bromazolam thinking it was alprazolam (Xanax).
In February 2023, the three 20-somethings were found unresponsive after taking the disguised drug and couldn’t be revived with alprazolam, an opioid reversal agent. They were still unresponsive upon arrival at the emergency unit.


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Bromazolam — also known by street names like “fake Xanax” and “dope” — is one of at least a dozen unapproved “designer” benzodiazepines. Hamilton County Coroner's Office Indiana
All three experienced multiple generalized seizures and her intubated while in the ICU to help maintain their breathing. They also had fevers and showed signs of heart damage.
Both males recovered and were discharged after four days and 11 days of hospital care, but the woman went into a coma after developing a form of epilepsy. She was transferred to a second hospital after 11 days, though it’s unclear what her status is since the transfer.
Seizures involving bromazolam have risen from just a handful in 2018 to more than 2,900 by 2023, according to researchers led by Dr. Paul Ehlers, a toxicologist at Cook County Hospital in Chicago.


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Bromazolam has reportedly led to hyperthermia, seizures, myocardial injury, comas and multi-day intensive care stays. CFSRE
“In Illinois, bromazolam-involved deaths increased from 10 in 2021 to 51 in 2022,” the report said.
Bromazolam has also been found in drivers who have been arrested for a DUI due to its sedative effect.
“It is essential that physicians, medical examiners, toxicology laboratories, public health officials, and emergency responders be aware of the increased presence of bromazolam both in polydrug ingestions and in substance use disorder patients who report the use of benzodiazepine,” the report warned.

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[Burnt Offerings]

Dumb

 

[Jabberwocky]

Bromazolam causes seizures?

 

[Señor Moreno]

and couldn’t be revived with alprazolam, an opioid reversal agent

Sure they couldn't

 

[Juicewrldfan]

Sure they couldn't

Bro- I’m so confused. Like what EMT uses Xanax to revive someone like wtf bro

 

[Eryximachus]

Dumb

Why is it dumb? Actual FDA regulated benzos have a high risk of overdose when combined with say, fentanyl.

Personally, I am hugely anti benzo. But the black market ones, which allow people to consume massive doses, are a real scourge.

 

[mauve]

Speechless

 

[emkee_reinvented]

Alprazolam to revive people from a Benzo OD. Mmm.

This thread is smelly so that would make any usefull comment obsolete.

 

[Jabberwocky]

I think the real question is why bromazolam overdose produces such things as seizures, hyperthermia, tachycardia, and is apparently cardiotoxic.

I wasn't aware benzos could generally produce those symptoms, particularly seizures.

Notes from the Field: Seizures, Hyperthermia ...

This report describes a cluster of three patients treated at a local emergency department after consuming bromazolam.

www.cdc.gov

 

[Lysosomalstorage]

Google Brooke Steinberg and sample her articles, she's the idiot Snapchat discover page of the New York Post, (lifestyle entertainment news) everything she writes is clickbait or misinformation I wouldn't read too much into it.

 

[Burnt Offerings]

I think the real question is why bromazolam overdose produces such things as seizures, hyperthermia, tachycardia, and is apparently cardiotoxic.

I wasn't aware benzos could generally produce those symptoms, particularly seizures.

Notes from the Field: Seizures, Hyperthermia ...

This report describes a cluster of three patients treated at a local emergency department after consuming bromazolam.

www.cdc.gov

Here’s the takeaway regarding that:

“The constellation of signs and symptoms in this case series is unexpected for a benzodiazepine overdose, which might 1) be a product of anoxic brain injury attributable to prolonged obtundation, 2) represent additional features of bromazolam in overdose or withdrawal, or 3) be due to an additional intoxicant not detected on liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry.”

With any drug that’s in wide circulation, there are bound to be people who suffer strange, abnormal and/or paradoxical reactions to it. The majority of this article pertains to 3 people who had such a reaction, something with about as much news value to the general public as a celebrity human interest piece

 

[Eryximachus]

Here’s the takeaway regarding that:

“The constellation of signs and symptoms in this case series is unexpected for a benzodiazepine overdose, which might 1) be a product of anoxic brain injury attributable to prolonged obtundation, 2) represent additional features of bromazolam in overdose or withdrawal, or 3) be due to an additional intoxicant not detected on liquid chromatography–mass spectrometry.”

With any drug that’s in wide circulation, there are bound to be people who suffer strange, abnormal and/or paradoxical reactions to it. The majority of this article pertains to 3 people who had such a reaction, something with about as much news value to the general public as a celebrity human interest piece

A well written, concise comment. Thanks.

 

[arrall]

Bromazolam causes seizures?

The withdrawal can, but benzos are actually used to prevent them.
When my friend ODed on NBOMe, they IVed him with Ativan to prevent seizures, counteract the NBOMe, and calm him down.

 

[mauve]

So the person that was rushed to hospital was withdrawing from a benzo that makes sense why they would give them a benzo to counteract the withdrawal

 

[December Flower]

i read this as: fear "porn related to bromazolam"
now i'm disappointed, but relieved.

 

[PtahTek]

and couldn’t be revived with alprazolam

Guess not.
I see a lot of missing info related to this substance; dosages, other factors involved (including poly drug use), health conditions of those who have OD on bromazolam alone in this post on bromazolam.
I would definitely not recommend using this substance with any other CNS depressant and/or opioids.
Although I will not say that death isnt a concern when taking any benzodiazepine I will also say that it is rare as long as there are no other substances involved.
And I would not dose over a mg and try to drive. It is sedating and relaxing. Creates lots of opportunities for potential mishaps. Been there.
@Snafu in the Void
If I dose more than usual I believe it gets me kinda "dizzy" when I turn and whatnot. May not be brom but doesn't happen when I am not on it or at reg dose. Not sure if this could be seizure related or not, tbph.

 

[mauve]

Oh they had seizures, that's why anticonvulsants were administered

 

[unodelacosa]

Sure they couldn't

Alprazolam to revive people from a Benzo OD. Mmm.

Guess not.

Bro- I’m so confused. Like what EMT uses Xanax to revive someone like wtf bro

I'm 95% certain that was a typo and she meant to write "Narcan" and not "Alprazolam" which she had just identified as Xanax in the previous sentence. I think it's safe to say no one thinks Xanax reverses opioid overdose. CNS depressants would only exacerbate that situation ordinarily.

Shitty excuse for journalism either way.

The withdrawal can, but benzos are actually used to prevent them.
When my friend ODed on NBOMe, they IVed him with Ativan to prevent seizures, counteract the NBOMe, and calm him down.

That's talking about two different things. When a person ODs on a psychedelic, or any CNS stimulant, they exhibit hypertension, tachycardia, bruxism, etc. and they need a CNS depressant to help bring that back down. But if someone ODs on a CNS depressant—like opioids, benzos, barbiturates, etc.—then they need some norepinephrine stat. They need uppers to be revived. This is basic biochemistry / pharmacodynamics. This article's author is a fucking ding bat and a half for not knowing this and for inaccurately reporting this "news", I guess if you can call it that.

Sorry to hear that about your friend. Medics took a similar approach to that infamous story of the two European men who took 20 mg of Bromo-DragonFLY because it had been mislabelled as 2C-B-FLY.

So the person that was rushed to hospital was withdrawing from a benzo that makes sense why they would give them a benzo to counteract the withdrawal

I doubt it. Withdrawals are not an overdose. I'm not sure what's going on with this news article. Either the people were suffering from hypertension, tachycardia, and hyperthermia on some paradox effect-type shit (doubtful), or they took something else besides Bromazolam which simply didn't register w/ their analysis bc they weren't looking for it.

Oh they had seizures, that's why anticonvulsants were administered

Bingo. But of course this was an atypical response, or more likely, response to an unidentified RC psychedelic or disso, in my best conjecture.

 

[Eryximachus]

Guys, seizures from prescription dose benzos are rare. Even for people who have epilepsy and stop clonazepam. The problem with black market benzos is you have no idea what the dose is. People who get a bag of powder very easily start getting in to doses way above what is remotely normal. Withdrawal from those doses are much more likely to cause seizures. I'm 100% against benzos in every situation, but non-pharma black market analogues are just very dangerous. Please don't use them.

 

[emkee_reinvented]

The withdrawal can, but benzos are actually used to prevent them.
When my friend ODed on NBOMe, they IVed him with Ativan to prevent seizures, counteract the NBOMe, and calm him down.

But they do have to hit that speciific GABA-a subunit responseable for seizures. The harder the better.

As example imo Oxazepam will work, but not as good as Diazepam, Lorazepam. For maintenance (safety net) Clobazam or Clonazepam are mostly prescribed.