Topic: fentanyl (11 articles)

Description: Fentanyl is a short-acting synthetic opiate analgesic which is active at very low doses. Its effects are compared to heroin and it has been sold on the street as heroin, causing some deaths. (N-(1-phenethyl-4-piperidyl)propionanilide)

DA: Drug overdose deaths staggering
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berkshireeagle - (US) DA: Drug overdose deaths staggering - Berkshire Eagle Online DA: Drug overdose deaths staggering The number of people who have died of drug overdoses in Massachusetts from 2002 through 2007 is nearly 41 times as many as the number of servicemen and women from the state who died in Afghanistan and Iraq over the same span. (Sat Nov 07 05:35:21 2009 PST) [also berkshireeagle3603]

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lemarssentinel - (US) A 39-year-old Akron man was sentenced to up to 10 years in prison after admitting to giving methadone to an 18-year-old in return for marijuana on two occasions. (Fri Nov 06 22:43:48 2009 PST)

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nugget - (Canada) The North Bay Police Service have arrested a number of people for drug trafficking and possession of narcotics through an investigation after an accidental overdose in the city. (Fri Nov 06 15:51:21 2009 PST) [also nugget.ca4454]

Prescription for disaster: State commission looking at epidemic of opiate ...
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milforddailynews - (US) Confirmed drug overdoses in Plymouth County between Jan. 1 and Oct. 19: And it was those drugs —. That were in the 29-year-old’. S prescription monitoring program to identify patients who are trying to get drugs from different doctors and doctors who are over-prescribing certain types of drugs. (Thu Nov 05 10:20:53 2009 PST) [also tauntongazette15356]

Drug-swapping nurse tests negative for HIV
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9news - (US) Daigle admitted he stole the drug Fentanyl to feed a years-long painkiller addiction, at times using dirty needles to replace th... (Thu Nov 05 09:48:47 2009 PST)

Meda AB (publ) - Interim report, January -September 2009
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earthtimes - (US) This new and patented product is indicated for the management of breakthrough pain in cancer patients who are already receiving and who are tolerant to opioid therapy for their underlying persistent cancer pain. (Mon Nov 02 23:34:38 2009 PST)

YM BIOSCIENCES REPORTS POSITIVE NIMOTUZUMAB FOUR-YEAR SURVIVAL DATA PRESENTED ...
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tradingmarkets - (US) The product is differentiated from other approaches using opioids because patients are able to individually control the analgesia required for their differing intensities of pain. (Mon Nov 02 11:19:31 2009 PST)

more fentanyl items (11 articles)

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• http://www.erowid.org/pharms/fentanyl/

Concept definition

• fentanyl