Sentences with phrase «potent than morphine»

The drug is 10,000 times more potent than morphine and 100 times more powerful than fentanyl, the drug that pop star Prince overdosed on earlier this year.

Fentanyl, prescribed by doctors for cancer treatment, is up to 50 times more potent than heroin and up to 100 times more potent than morphine, according the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency.

«In addition, we are also encountering instances where the heroin has most likely been cut with fentanyl, a drug that can be anywhere from 10 to 100 times more potent than morphine.»

Fentanyl is 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine and can come in a number of forms, including liquid, powder or pressed pill.

Next, even though Fentanyl is more potent than morphine in the world of opiates that does not mean it gets you higher or has more side effects, and in many cases means just the opposite.

Anecdotal reports suggest that some illegal fentanyl is so strong — as much as 50 to 100 times more potent than morphine — that currently available dosages of the overdose antidote naloxone aren't able to revive some victims.

Not exact matches

The researchers found that the new compounds could indeed enter the brain — and all of the compounds were as potent, if not more so, than morphine.

In a recent paper published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, King detailed how, in mouse models, a peptide from the venom of the Chinese red - headed centipede acted as a more potent painkiller than morphine — without side effects.