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The strange rise of Zombie Vapes

Why Are People Vaping an Anesthetic? The Strange Rise of “Zombie Vapes”

August 23, 2026 by Dr. Eeks

You buy a vape. You inhale. And the drug you’re inhaling is normally used to put people under anesthesia. A recent case report out of Singapore describes two young men who had been using vapes containing etomidate, a short acting anesthetic drug normally given intravenously for things like general anesthesia, rapid sequence intubation, and procedural …

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