Fentanyl is a synthetic drug that is far more potent (about 50 – 100 times) than even morphine. The drug that is used for pain management especially for those who are recovering from cancer or post-surgical procedures. It must be administered under the guidance of a physician and not used randomly without physician oversight. Fentanyl is becoming one of the most used drugs that is causing deaths in the United States.
How Fentanyl is administered
Fentanyl is administered as an injection, patch or lozenges. This is done only under the guidance of a physician. The synthetic fentanyl is made in labs and is easily available to anyone who wants to purchase it. That is the danger of this drug. The violation of this drug in regular consumer products goes unnoticed causing serious harm including death of people consuming it.
Further Fentanyl can me adulterated with other drugs making it even more potent. This makes fentanyl cause overdoses and deaths.
Effects of Fentanyl on the human body
Fentanyl is an easily addictive drug as it provides individuals with a high including risky impact very quickly.
Some of the symptoms include the following:
- Extreme happiness
- Dizziness
- Sleepiness
- Breathing issues
- Sick feeling and nausea
- Unconsciousness
Overdosing on Fentanyl can cause brain damage including death of the person. Constant use of the drug will cause the person to get addicted. It causes the individual to constantly seek the drug. The result of addiction can be seen in insomnia, vomiting, irritable movements of a person’s leg, body pain and muscle pain and other physiological issues.
People go into withdrawal and find the experience of withdrawal very uncomfortable and hence the cycle of search continues again. The creation of a high with drug causes people to crave for it on an on-going basis.
Impacts of Illegal Fentanyl on population
There are two types of Fentanyl
- Fentanyl administered under the guidance of a provider as a prescription.
- Fentanyl manufactured illegally.
Prescription Fentanyl
Prescription Fentanyl was manufactured in 1950 In a pharmaceutical setting. The drug was used for very specific medical needs. Fentanyl is about 50 – 100 time more lethal than morphine. Due to this it must be administered under the control of qualified medical staff.
Illegal Fentanyl
Fentanyl manufactured illegally on the other had is causing some of the epidemic we see with the drug.
Misuse of Fentanyl has caused over 70% deaths and a significant increase in deaths from 2010 – 2022 per the CDC.
Why is Fentanyl so toxic
Fentanyl that is illegal is easily disguised in the form of taste and smell. When Fentanyl is mixed with other opioids it can cause immediate death and cardiac arrest.
Mechanism to Control Illegal Fentanyl Use
Due to the fact that Fentanyl use has increased, there are many ways to assist in reducing the distribution and use of the drug.
Some of them are as follows:
- Educate children and those who a vulnerable to the potential of any drug use. This helps in eliminating Fentanyl from the equation.
- Making sure that Naloxone is available to the public for use. These can be found by talking to any drug assistance centers in the USA or call SmarTest Labs for assistance and guidance.
- If you have an emergency, please call 911 or the poison control line at 1-800-222-1222.
- Be watchful of people who may be at high risk of using the drug.
Contact SmarTest Labs
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We are located at 301-686-8566.
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