[Scoundreller]

Funny how you say that.

Fentanyl solution for injection that hospitals get is a lot less potent than the hydromorphone solutions for injection that they can stock.

(50mcg/mL vs 10, 20, 50 or 100mg/mL).

As for the actual dosing... fentanyl is a lot more forgiving than morphine or hydromorphone, as measured by therapeutic index.

[refurb]

This is very true! Fentanyl tends to cause less respiratory depression at higher doses than opioids like morphine.

The ODs are mainly because people don’t know what they are buying.