What Is Fentanyl?
Fentanyl drug is a synthetic opioid that was originally developed as a prescription opioid to use for severe pain management. Fentanyl has been used as a method of pain management for medical purposes including pain management for cancer patients or patients that are undergoing major surgery. Medicinally, fentanyl is administered through a fentanyl patch or as a prescription opioid. Due to the high potency of opioids present in fentanyl, there are some that begin experiencing substance abuse behaviors with fentanyl leading down a path of drug addiction. The illicit drug market began using fentanyl with other substances to increase its potency and reduce the costs of production by creating drugs that are laced with fentanyl. These varying combinations of substances have led to adverse effects on the users and, in some cases, lead to lethal doses by a drug overdose.