Re:Judge rejects Purdue Pharma's $4.5B opioid settlement
by aaronmdjones on Friday December 17, 2021 @07:33AM
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You would have been given micrograms of Fentanyl. Certainly not a milligram, and certainly not 2mg, which will probably kill you. For comparison, you require more than 10 times as much Heroin to do that.
This is why it's been in the news and why you've read about how strong and dangerous it is. Usage in a medical setting is much safer because they have a known purity and precise dispensing and dosage schemes; something you won't find and can't achieve on the street.
This illustrates it pretty well; a lethal dose of Heroin (left) and Fentanyl (right): https://www.statnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Heroin-F...
This is why it's been in the news and why you've read about how strong and dangerous it is. Usage in a medical setting is much safer because they have a known purity and precise dispensing and dosage schemes; something you won't find and can't achieve on the street.