‘sizzurp’: Fake Cough Syrup Being Sold In Montreal Can Be Lethal, Officials Warn - Beritaja

Montreal Public Health officials are informing a purple syrup that mimics the look of cough medicine is simply a clone merchandise that could beryllium lethal.

The product, which looks for illustration an approved pharmaceutical medicine and is labelled arsenic “promethazine pinch codeine oral solution,” contains an highly potent opioid, protonitazene and benzodiazepine.

Users could beryllium unknowingly exposed to risks of overdose and death, the wellness section warns. Over time, different mixtures person been identified successful similar-looking containers, it added.

It goes by the thoroughfare names of “Sizzurp” and “Lean” and was linked to a 2023 overdose decease successful Laval, officials said.

Overdose symptoms whitethorn see bluish lips and fingernails and trouble breathing, which are apt to advancement to cardiopulmonary arrest, it added.

In the arena of an overdose, officials counsel calling 911 instantly and administering naloxone if it is available.