Fentanyl was introduced in the 1960s to treat severe pain. Outside of a medical setting, the general public was largely unaware of fentanyl until approximately…
The activity of taking drugs (usually illegally) to get high eliminates the concern of whether or not it went through any sort of quality control.…
Carfentanil is a narcotic analgesic used in veterinary medicine. This is a very powerful and deadly opioid analgesic. Carfentanil is 100 times more potent than…
In 2019, there were about 70,000 overdose deaths reported in the United States. Of those 70,000, almost 49,000 were related to opiates or a combination…
There is and has been a national crisis of opioid abuse in our country. Opioids are prescribed painkillers, synthetic opioids, and illegal drugs such as…
Vivitrol is the name brand of the drug Naltrexone. Naltrexone is an opioid antagonist. Antagonists do not get someone high but instead block the effects…