Fentanyl
COMMON & BRAND NAMES
China White; Sublimaze (liquid); Duragesic (transdermal patch); Actiq (oral transmucosal "lollipop"); Fentora (buccal)
EFFECTS CLASSIFICATION
Analgesic; Anaesthetic
CHEMICAL NAME
N-(1-phenethyl-4-piperidyl)propionanilide
DESCRIPTION
Fentanyl is a short-acting synthetic opiate analgesic which is active at very low doses. Its effects are compared to heroin and it has been sold on the street as heroin, causing some deaths.
GENERAL INFORMATION #
EXPERIENCES #
Not What I Expected, by words0fw1sd0m
Opiate Addiction Destroys Ambition, by P Bro
My Prescription, by ChronicK
Like Walking on a Big Puffy Cloud, by smash
From Relaxing to Overdose to Withdrawal, by Dinar Narlad
OFF-SITE RESOURCES
MEDIA COVERAGE #
DOJ indicts Chinese fentanyl distributors selling to Americans online - Ars Technica, Oct 17 2017
Fentanyl is not a problem. Drug laws are the problem - American Thinker, Dec 15 2016
Prince died from fentanyl overdose, Jun 2, 2016, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Brampton man arrested for allegedly importing fentanyl from China, Sep 8, 2015, CBC.ca
Injured US Marines to get 'lollipop' instead of morphine, Nov 1 2011, Telegraph.co.uk
Fentanyl timeline: 1950 through today, Jun 2007, Detroit Free Press
Lollipops & Lawsuits, May 2007, Newsweek
Drug-patch safety triggers an FDA probe, Mar 2006, Philadelphia Inquirer
FDA Slow to Sound Alarm on Pain Drug - Nov 2005, LA Times
GOVERNMENT RESOURCES #
fentanyl's increasing flows fuel steep rise in overdose deaths - UNODC, Mar 2017
Pharmaceutical Executives Charged in Racketeering Scheme - DOJ, Dec 8, 2016
Increases in Fentanyl Drug Confiscations and Fentanyl-related Overdose Fatalities - CDC, Oct 26, 2015
FDA approved fentanyl oral transmucosal tablets, Jan 7 2011
Fentanyl Patch Recall, Mar 1 2008