Zawn-_- t1_ir90knf wrote
Reply to comment by downonthesecond in 'I think it's doing some good:' Kentucky's first Narcan vending machine opens in Hardin County by tta2013
What's worse with fentanyl is that now fentanyl can be found in some prescription meds. Awkward when you get fentanyl from the pharmacy.
Edit: when you weren't looking to buy it.
Colbywoods t1_ir9c8eq wrote
Fentanyl can’t be “found in some prescription meds.” It was always a prescription med and like other prescription meds you need a prescription for it. And it’s almost exclusively reserved for the treatment of severe pain in cancer patients in outpatient pharmacy. They’re not slipping you fentanyl patches for the sniffles
EmilyU1F984 t1_ir9csio wrote
What bullshit is this?
Fentanyl was and is a prescription drug? Both IV fentanyl in a hospital setting and patches were around much longer than fentanyl contaminated street drugs.
Like what? Obviously you can get it from a pharmacy. It‘s an extremely important drug to reduce endless suffering in healthcare.
Maybe you are thinking about fake prescription drugs like supposed Oxycodon Tablets not containing any oxycodon but rather fentanyl?
But they are made by the same guys that sell heroin and fentanyl contaminated heroin.
They just press it into pill form to dupe people into thinking they are getting genuine OxyContin tablets or whatever.
If you get fentanyl from a pharmacy, you are likely suffering from terminal cancer, or another extremely painful condition, and on your way out.
Hey you can even get lollipops and nasal sprays with fentanyl, made for breakthrough pain. Because they only last an hour. For when you regular around the clock opioid pain medication isn‘t fully keeping the pain in tolerable ranges.
Also guess what: there‘s drugs much more potent than fentanyl that are legal prescription drugs! Omg how could that be?
KmartQuality t1_ir9m65w wrote
I thought fentanyl was basically the limit of opioid power.
Why would you (you the patient or you the pharma company) want something stronger? Just take more? It's still a teeny tiny bit of actual substance.
EmilyU1F984 t1_ira2qtl wrote
Because those opioids don‘t just work on one linear scale.
The duration, etc also vary.
And just giving more increases he non opioid receptor mediated side effects.
Plus you wanna painkill elephants as well.
WittyUnwittingly t1_ir9iiqm wrote
Can you cite your source? Do you actually mean to say that QC in the supply chain of some legitimate drug is so poor that it's getting laced with Fentanyl?
I'd be interested to see what this is actually about, if it's not just a misunderstanding. Fentanyl can be obtained legally from a pharmacy.
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