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To: Alan Whirlwind who wrote (16128)10/30/2002 2:50:34 PM
From: sea_urchin  Read Replies (1) of 82121
 
Al >Despite heavy international and internal pressure on the Russian government to reveal the identity of the gas, they have so far refused.

It seems they have relented, somewhat.

story.news.yahoo.com

>>>Russia's top health official insisted that the compound, based on fast-acting opiate fentanyl, was an anesthetic that by itself could not cause deaths.<<<

I am quite familiar with Fentanyl which is a solid substance which has been used intravenously as an anesthesia supplement for 25 years. It was certainly not something one would have used as a sole agent during normal surgical anesthesia because it does not usually depress consciousness. When used in the "normal" way its actions are virtually identical to a whole range of opiates which include morphine, demerol (pethidine) and heroin.

nlm.nih.gov

If the Russians have made a gas from it, especially something as potent as that which we have just observed, it represents a considerable advance in chemical technology. It was unfortunate that it was used in the hostage drama in very high concentrations which were clearly sufficient to cause loss of consciousness. In fact, it was the loss of consciousness which was likely to have been the cause of the complications and deaths observed, and not the drug, itself.
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