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Deaths from fentanyl, 50 times more powerful than heroin, nearly triple in N.J.
NJ.com ^ | 6-15-2015 | Stephan Sterling

Posted on 06/21/2015 6:04:03 PM PDT by windcliff

Edited on 06/21/2015 6:22:05 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

Overdose deaths attributed to fentanyl, a prescription opioid up to 50 times more powerful than heroin, tripled in New Jersey in 2014, new data show, adding a destructive new wrinkle to the state's heroin and opioid crisis.

State data show that 143 overdose deaths were attributed to fentanyl in 2014, up from 49 in 2013. It's a growing worry for law enforcement officials who know a single use of the drug, often unknowingly used to lace heroin, can lead to death.


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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: drugs; fentanyl; heroin; homosexualagenda; libertarians; medicalmarijuana; newjersey; wod
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To: windcliff

Wife broke her back seven years ago - since that time she’s been using Lidocaine patches (5%) which have helped greatly in handling her residual pain - until earlier this year when Medicare suddenly decided to no longer pay for them except in very limited diagnoses for which my wife doesn’t qualify (even after letters of appeal from her doctor and herself) - the only other choice on the formulary which Medicare would cover was fentanyl patches - wife tried them once, had serious reaction within two hours including nausea and extreme drowsiness - her orthopedic doctor almost hit the roof when he heard this was the only choice left open to her, saying fentanyl is a very powerful anesthesia and unpredictable except in qualified hands - so it’s back to purchasing Lidocaine patches via prescription at $125 for a month’s supply for us - maybe a clue as to why deaths from fentanyl are on the rise - thanks, Medicare......


21 posted on 06/21/2015 9:13:47 PM PDT by Intolerant in NJ
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To: Mom MD
I have seen people eat the transdermal patches or brew them in hot water like tea.

Yep. Wife explains that addicts will chew the patches. Of course they pay a heavy price paid for in organ donations. Insanity.
22 posted on 06/21/2015 9:19:24 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media. #2ndAmendmentMatters)
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To: Mom MD
It is not available in a gas form so I doubt it was used in Moscow.

It is/was available from Russian munitions stores in gaseous form. No reason civilian medical staff would have any knowledge of or access to it.

23 posted on 06/21/2015 9:33:12 PM PDT by steve86 (Prophecies of Maelmhaedhoc OÂ’Morgair (Latin form: Malachy))
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Every now and then some heroin will be getting sold after getting cut with fentanyl; about ten years ago, perhaps a little less, we had an outbreak of that here in the little old Midwest (Mich, Indiana, Illinois) resulting in more than 50 deaths among heroin addicts. Fentanyl is occasionally a drug of abuse in its own right, reportedly a small cut is made in the patch, and the addict sucks out the gel. It tastes lousy until the mouth goes numb.

24 posted on 06/21/2015 10:25:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (What do we want? REGIME CHANGE! When do we want it? NOW)
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To: Mom MD

If my memory serves me correctly it was not fentanyl but an molecular analog of fentanyl that could be vaporized and used as a gas.


25 posted on 06/21/2015 11:58:02 PM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: Mariner

No doubt about that. I had major oral surgery and it worked like a charm. I know it is most used to cardiothoracic surgery to ease the pain of having your chest cracked open.


26 posted on 06/22/2015 12:15:00 AM PDT by LukeL
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To: Mom MD

Folly the link below to the suspected analog of fentanyl that is what was probably used.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3-Methylfentanyl


27 posted on 06/22/2015 12:35:42 AM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: Intolerant in NJ

Try a respectable Canadian pharmacy. I get my migraine meds cheaper that way than under my old good insurance.


28 posted on 06/22/2015 12:43:56 AM PDT by Yaelle ("You're gonna fly away, Glad you're going my way...")
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To: cpdiii

I have stupid fingers, Folly = Follow


29 posted on 06/22/2015 12:53:54 AM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: Fred Hayek

Toradol (ketorolac) does not work on the opiate receptors but is a very powerful non-steroidal analgesic. Think of it as Aleve (naprosyn) but many times more effective. Much of the post operative pain is due to inflammatory response of the tissues that is mediated by prostaglandins. This drug interferes with the production of prostaglandins by blocking a metabolic pathway the body used for this production. It is very effective for short term therapy. I used it post operative after getting off the morphine pump when I was an organ donor, hepatic hemiectomy.

•Ketorolac tromethamine, a nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug, blocks prostaglandin complex formation and production through its S-enantiomeric form. It is a potent analgesic that does not possess any sedative or anxiolytic activities [7][3][4][12].


30 posted on 06/22/2015 1:08:00 AM PDT by cpdiii (DECKHAND, ROUGHNECK, GEOLOGIST, PILOT, PHARMACIST, LIBERTARIAN The Constitution is worth dying for.)
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To: LukeL

“Overdose deaths attributed to fentanyl, ........, tripled in New Jersey in 2014”

The herd continues to thin itself.


31 posted on 06/22/2015 4:09:46 AM PDT by MagnoliaB
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To: doc1019

My doc prescribes that now WORTHLESS NORCO, and you need a PPI like Nexium to take it. That is just great news, as I am near bottom Red Zone Osteoporosis. I had weaned myself down to just 20 mg of Nexium, when he upped the NORCO to take care of the OA pain, spinal degeneration, Gastroparesis (slow Motility)Peripheral Neuropathy pain. Can’t take the PN drugs side effects get me. Which meant I had to up the Nexium back to 40 mg.

I see the Ortho today to get the results of my MRIS on my spine and if they can do anything about the damage that has been done to it. Wheelchair is next if they can’t fix some of the issues.


32 posted on 06/22/2015 5:07:56 AM PDT by GailA (If You don't keep your Promises to Our Troops, you won't keep them to anyone. Ret. SCPO's wife)
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To: himno hero
I’m not an expert, however, years ago heroin equaled near instant addiction. I doubt that has changed.

That was never true; among people who have used heroin, 77% never became addicted.

33 posted on 06/22/2015 6:20:30 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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To: windcliff
Increasingly, it's appearing on New Jersey streets, cut with or substituted for heroin, leading to the death of dozens of unsuspecting users each year.

People died from adulterated booze during Prohibition, but don't today. Just sayin' ...

34 posted on 06/22/2015 6:26:29 AM PDT by ConservingFreedom (A government strong enough to impose your standards is strong enough to ban them.)
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