fentanyls
Potent synthetic painkillers
Fentanyls is the plural of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid roughly fifty to one hundred times more potent than morphine.
The plural typically refers to fentanyl and its chemical analogs—carfentanil, sufentanil, and others—which vary in potency but share similar effects.
Medically used for severe pain and anesthesia, fentanyls have become central to the overdose crisis due to their presence in illicit drug supplies: The lab detected multiple fentanyls in the sample.
Medication reducing discomfort
- morphineOpioid analgesic medication
- oxycodonePowerful prescription pain reliever
- hydrocodoneOpioid pain reliever
- codeineOpium-derived painkiller
tramadol · anesthesia · epidural · postoperative · palliative · chronic pain · acute pain · transdermal patch
Opioid overdose antidote
- NarcanBranded opioid antagonist spray
- lethalCausing or capable of death
- fatalCausing death or ruin
- deathCessation of life
emergency · reversal · harm reduction · test strips · hotspots · crisis · resuscitation · bystander
Millionths of a gram
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- lethal doseAmount causing death
- agonistReceptor-binding trigger molecule
- bioavailabilityFraction reaching active circulation
pharmacology · toxicology · pharmaceutical · intravenous · transdermal · sublingual · concentration · threshold
State of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- cravingPowerful urge to have
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
detoxification · substance use · recovery · relapse · maintenance · methadone · buprenorphine · treatment
Illegal transport for profit
- dealersThose who sell merchandise
- cartelPrice-fixing coalition
- smugglingIllegal covert transport
- contaminationIntroduction of impurities
street drugs · heroin · counterfeit pills · lacing · black market · seizures · border · clandestine
Facility for scientific investigation
- manufacturedMade by machinery
- chemicalSubstance with defined composition
- analogComparable equivalent
- clandestineConcealed from authorities
precursor · synthesis · designer drug · novel · China · Mexico · compounds · pharmaceutical grade
painkiller
Medication reducing discomfort
- morphineOpioid analgesic medication
- oxycodonePowerful prescription pain reliever
- hydrocodoneOpioid pain reliever
codeine · tramadol · anesthesia · epidural · postoperative · palliative · chronic pain · acute pain · transdermal patch · anesthetic
naloxone
Opioid overdose antidote
death · emergency · reversal · harm reduction · test strips · hotspots · crisis · resuscitation · bystander · first responders
micrograms
Millionths of a gram
- dosageMeasured medicine amount
- lethal doseAmount causing death
- agonistReceptor-binding trigger molecule
bioavailability · pharmacology · toxicology · pharmaceutical · intravenous · transdermal · sublingual · concentration · threshold
dependence
State of needing another
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- toleranceWillingness to accept difference
- cravingPowerful urge to have
rehabilitation · detoxification · substance use · recovery · relapse · maintenance · methadone · buprenorphine · treatment · counseling
trafficking
Illegal transport for profit
contamination · street drugs · heroin · counterfeit pills · lacing · black market · seizures · border · clandestine · precursors
laboratory
Facility for scientific investigation
- manufacturedMade by machinery
- chemicalSubstance with defined composition
- analogComparable equivalent
clandestine · precursor · synthesis · designer drug · novel · China · Mexico · compounds · pharmaceutical grade · structure
fentanylsaspirin
Acetylsalicylic acid tablet
acetaminophen · ibuprofen · codeine · tramadol · placebo
fentanylsopium
Narcotic from scored seedpods
morphine · codeine · herbal remedies · willow bark · kratom
- fentanyl overdoseLethal synthetic narcotic ingestion
- fentanyl addictionDependence on potent synthetic opioid
- fentanyl patchAdhesive opioid delivery system
- fentanyl crisisSurge in synthetic opioid deaths
- fentanyl traffickingIllegal opioid commerce