What is cychlorphine? – FOX 7 Austin

What is cychlorphine?  FOX 7 Austin

Two University of Texas-related social media accounts are warning people about a drug going around. It is tied to recent overdoses across the country. AUSTIN, Texas – Two University of Texas-related social media accounts are warning people about a drug going around. It is tied to recent overdoses across the country. "It seems like this is the new thing and, unfortunately, it's very dangerous," Bentley Heart CEO & Medical Director, Dr. Fahmi Farah, said. The drug is called cychlorphine, and it shows up in cocaine, heroin, and other street drugs. "It does act very similarly to an opioid-like fentanyl. But again, the biggest issue, with the biggest differentiating thing here, is the potency of it.

It's as much as 10 times stronger," Dr. Farah said. Dr. Farah said cychlorphine is known to require more than one dose of Narcan. "Every dose could be different because it's not regulated. We don't know what kind of other contaminations there are, so it's not the people who are getting it on the streets. This is the only substance. The majority of the time it’s just mixed in with other compounds," Dr. Farah said. She said cychlorphine is very difficult to detect with standard tests. Austin-Travis County EMS reports in the last 30 days, they had 98 opioid overdose calls compared to 73 opioid