Interior Health issued a region-wide drug alert for a substance being sold as Dilaudid/Hydromorphone that has a very high overdose risk (photo courtesy of Interior Health)
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As Or More Potent Than Fentanyl
Nov 14, 2023 | 4:10 PM
Interior Health is warning of a toxic drug found throughout the region.
IH issued a drug alert Tuesday, Nov. 14, for a substance that is being sold as 8mg Dilaudid or Hydromorphone tablets, commonly referred to as Dillies.
Laboratory testing has shown the substance to be five per cent Isotonitazene, a synthetic opioid that is equally or more potent than fentanyl, and the tablets have a very high risk of overdose.
With that five per cent concentration, the tablets could be 20 times stronger than real Dilaudid/Hydromorphone.
