Santa Clara County has confirmed its first fatal overdose linked to carfentanil, a synthetic opioid that experts say is up to 100 times more potent than fentanyl and 10,000 times stronger than ...

U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi marked the milestone by crediting Trump with saving a third ... Fentanyl is up to 100 times more potent than morphine. Its potency is what makes it so lethal. "Today is ...

Although many dosing regimens for intravenous morphine have been studied, 0.10 mg/kg generally is recommended as an acceptable starting dose for treating patients with acute pain. Unfortunately ...

In 1973, research teams in Sweden, Baltimore, and New York independently found that the brain has special receptors that interact with opiates such as morphine. Strong opiates tended to bind ...