etonitazene

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Etymology

From nitazene. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

etonitazene (uncountable)

1. (pharmacology) A potent synthetic opioid analgesic of the nitazene group, used as an illicit drug.
   • 2021, Marthe M. VandeputteKatleen Van Uytfangheet al., “Synthesis, Chemical Characterization, and μ‑Opioid Receptor Activity Assessment of the Emerging Group of “Nitazene” 2‑Benzylbenzimidazole Synthetic Opioids”, in ACS Chemical Neuroscience, volume 12, number 7, →DOI, page 1241:

     In fact, apart from clonitazene and etonitazene, which are controlled under the United Nations Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs of 1961,³⁹ none of the previously described 2-benzylbenzimidazole opioids are currently under (international) control.^22,24