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MineralMan

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4. It is not expensive and can be administered by skin patch.

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Mon Dec 9, 2024, 12:41 PM

Dec 9

That makes it exceptionally useful in end-of-life comfort care.

It has grown in use in the black drug market because it is far easier to make that most other opioids. It's also lethal at a small dosage, which makes it very dangerous, since the illegal drug trade isn't very good at distributing such low-dose drugs. End users really have no idea how much fentanyl they're getting from any batch of street fentanyl. So, users are dying.

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General stupid question ... [View all] marble falls Dec 9 OP

We use it in 911 in place of morpihine DemMedic Dec 9 #1

Being able to administer it through skin patches is a game changer in a lot of applications. WhiskeyGrinder Dec 9 #2

Why is it so over produced past the therapeutic use? Admittedly: I assume that other pharmaceutical companies are ... marble falls Dec 9 #3

It is not expensive and can be administered by skin patch. MineralMan Dec 9 #4