Pharmaceutical fentanyl is a recognized heavy duty medical painkiller and sedative that can be many times more potent than morphine. The United States on Friday called on dozens of countries to ...
Background: Fentanyl, a short-acting synthetic opioid, has a pharmacokinetic profile suited to fast relief of brief episodic pain. Objective: To characterize the pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic ...
But the pills were poison, prosecutors said: counterfeits containing fatal grains of fentanyl, a potent synthetic opioid that has written a deadly new chapter in the American opioid epidemic.