Opioid addiction is devastating communities throughout the nation. How much do you know about the drug class?
U-47700, also known as “pink” or “U4,” is a synthetic opioid that’s 7-8 times more potent than morphine.
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True
U-47700, nicknamed “U4,” “pink,” or “pinky,” is a highly potent synthetic opioid that looks like a white or light pink powder. A lot of times, it is often either sold in baggies or pressed into pills to look like legal painkillers. Abuse of this drug is similar to heroin, and prescription and designer opioids. Learn more.
Hydromorphone is a type of opioid drug.
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True
Prescribed as Dilaudid®, it is used as a pain reliever. Hydromorphone is 2-8x more potent than morphine but shorter duration and greater sedation. Learn more.
Fentanyl is about ____ times more potent than morphine.
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Fentanyl, the powerful synthetic opioid, is added to heroin to increase its potency, or be disguised as highly potent heroin. Many users believe that they are purchasing heroin and actually don’t know that they are purchasing fentanyl – which often results in overdose deaths. Learn more.
Heroin overdose deaths increased _____ between 2002 and 2016.
