[1] According to the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the main ingredient of the injection is tetrodotoxin, isolated from puffer poisons, and operates as an anaesthetic.
[2] It has been sold for international export on sites based in Russia and China.
[3] KCNA described the medicine as efficacious in treating a wide range of diseases, including cancer, tuberculosis, chronic hepatitis, pancreatitis and HIV/AIDS.
[3] The North Korean government also marketed its use in drug detoxification from narcotics such as opium, cocaine and heroin.
[6] North Korea released a supposed clinical research thesis about the usage of tetrodocain for anesthetics in 2015.