Fabulous Fearsome Fentanyl

A WC-ALL Table Talk

Retired cardiologist and WC-ALL Instructor, Ray Vergne led a WC-ALL Table Talk on fentanyl.

Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid drug approved for use as an analgesic and anesthetic but now in the news for its widespread misuse as a street drug.  This talk will cover the history of fentanyl, its chemistry and pharmacology, its use in medicine, and the contemporary crisis of overdoses.