United States warned about potentially deadly counterfeit oxycodone pills

Credit: Tennessee Bureau of Investigation

On 14 May 2015, the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation warned the public about potentially deadly pills of oxycodone. The pills were the same size than the genuine and marked with A/215, a characteristic stamp of oxycodone but appeared to be counterfeit with no active ingredient of the genuine drug.

Analysis indicated the 30mg counterfeit pills contained fentanyl, a painkiller 50 times as potent as heroin which can be fatal in high doses.

Read the release of Tennessee Bureau of Investigation posted on May 14, 2015 “TBI Issues Public Safety Alert for Potentially Deadly Pills.”

https://www.yahoo.com/health/fake-oxycodone-pills-found-to-contain-potentially-118969420497.html

http://www.tennessean.com/story/news/crime/2015/05/14/tbi-counterfeit-pills-contain-deadly-fentanyl/27301619/

https://tbinews.wordpress.com/tag/oxycodone/

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