Definition of fentanyl
: a synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C22H28N2O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C22H28N2O·C6H8O7 is administered orally or parenterally (as by intravenous or epidural injection)
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Police dogs are even more at risk, said Brian Foley, deputy chief in Hartford, where 11 members of a SWAT team were sent to a hospital after they were exposed to a mix of heroin and fentanyl during a raid in September.
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Oregon reached a settlement in 2015 with opioid painkiller manufacturer Insys for off-label promotion of Subsys, a fentanyl spray more powerful than heroin.
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The fentanyl that is used is almost always produced by a clandestine lab and is of poor quality.
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CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner's Office said on Tuesday that 13 people died as a result of heroin or fentanyl overdoses during the three-day Memorial day weekend.
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An investigation by the IG as well as law enforcement authorities determined the employee and others had been improperly selling oxycodone, Percocet, fentanyl and other drugs at the medical center.
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The increase is being attributed to heroin and the powerful synthetic opioids fentanyl and carfentanil.
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In Broward County in 2016, 582 drug deaths were recorded, mostly with heroin, fentanyl and other opioids as the likely cause in an overwhelming majority of cases.
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In the event, more than a hundred hostages died as a result of the fentanyl, but over seven hundred came out alive.
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Origin and Etymology of fentanyl
probably alteration of phenethyl, a monovalent radical derived from ethylbenzine, from phen- + ethyl
First Known Use: 1964
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fentanyl
playMedical Definition of fentanyl
: a synthetic opioid narcotic analgesic C22H28N2O with pharmacological action similar to morphine that is administered transdermally as a skin patch and in the form of its citrate C22H28N2O·C6H8O7 is administered orally or parenterally ◆Fentanyl is marketed under the trademark Actiq.
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