Recreational use of carfentanil – a case report with laboratory confirmation

Sabine MüllerDepartment of Nephrology, Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Susanne NussbaumerInstitute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Gabriel PlitzkoDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Roger LudwigDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Wolfgang WeinmannInstitute of Forensic Medicine, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Stephan KrähenbühlDepartment of Nephrology, Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland;Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Evangelia LiakoniDepartment of Nephrology, Hypertension and Clinical Pharmacology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, SwitzerlandCorrespondence[email protected]

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