Background Clinical effects and outcomes of a single dose etomidate prior to intubation in the intensive care setting is controversial. The aim of this study is to evaluate the association of a ...

The narcotic is typically packaged in e-cigarette capsules and contains the anaesthetic etomidate, which poses risks to users’ physical and mental health. Officers can detect traces of etomidate ...

Chief Inspector of the narcotics bureau Kelvin Cheung said the test will serve as an aid during operations when officers suspect products could contain etomidate, a short-acting anaesthetic ...

The kit was able to confirm the capsule contained traces of etomidate, an anaesthetic and common ingredient in space oil that poses risks to users’ physical and mental health, the force said.