Federal authorities are spinning news reports that the flesh-eating drug Krokodil has now been found in Illinois.

The DEA is refusing to acknowledge the reports of physicians regarding the drug.

“We, the DEA, are not seeing cases of it,” DEA spokeswoman Dawn Dearden told FoxNews.com. “Nothing’s been turned into any of our labs. As far as the DEA is concerned, we have not seen any cases.”

However, Dr. Abhin Singla, the director of addiction services at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet, Illinois, said that he has seen three patients this week who were using Krokodil.

“If you want to kill yourself, this is the way to do it,” Singla told the Herald-News.

A fourth patient has since been identified. Two have left the hospital against doctor’s orders. Officials at the hospital say the legs of the women are so gangrenous that it will take years of surgeries for one of them to walk again.