![]() Another reason is because it’s really not that hard to make. It’s the main reason why it’s so dangerous. A microgram is one-millionth of one gram. It’s supplied in doses of 25, 50, 75 and 100 micrograms. The patch holds 72 hours’ worth of fentanyl, which is slowly released over a 3-day period. This article will discuss the following: What is fentanyl and how is it being brought into the United States? How Did it Get So Bad?įentanyl wasn’t used out of the hospital or medical setting until rather recently, in the mid-1990s, when it was introduced as a skin patch called Duragesic. In recent years, fentanyl has become a major concern for the public and for the DEA and other government officials. Fentanyl was hailed as a boon to surgical anesthesia under the trade name Sublimaze and as a painkiller for extreme pain. ![]() ![]() Janssen was looking for something stronger and without some of the limitations of meperidine. Meperidine, brand name Demerol, had already been synthesized from the phenyl piperidines by the Germans in the 1930s. Janssen was working with phenyl piperidines, one of which was already on the market. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid first created by Dr.
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