Gas used by Russians identified

[osprey4]

Reports this morning say the Russians used a synthetic opiate called Etorphine. The following article sheds some light on why they might have decided to use this.

http://www.chm.bris.ac.uk/motm/etorphine/etorphineh.htm

They may have used too much. And they should have briefed the hospitals on antidotes.

[Theophylact]

Naloxone, naltrexone are standard opioid blockers. They should have been issued to the medics who evacuated the theater.

[ClubMed]

It wouldn't have helped in my opinion Theo, the opiate was administered in such a high concentration that it would have been impossible for the medics to carry enough blocker let alone administer it to all 700 people.

The above does not mean that I agree with the method used.