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(48,699 posts) Sat Sep 11, 2021, 12:32 PM Sep 2021

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Fentanyl?

A friend was undergoing colonoscopy the other day and Fentanyl was used as the sedative.

I suppose it is beneficial when is used as prescribed still surprised us.

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Fentanyl? (Original Post) question everything Sep 2021 OP

Yes. It is very effective, highly powerful opioid pain-killer 50-100 x more potent than morphine hlthe2b Sep 2021 #1

Thank you. Yes, as a pain killer. I do not know what the sedative was question everything Sep 2021 #3

Analgesic, not sedative. Here... lamp_shade Sep 2021 #2

Thank you. Yes. The name Fentanyl was stuck in our mind, though question everything Sep 2021 #4

Rock Star killer. rickyhall Sep 2021 #5

it is actually great as a short term general anesthetic Voltaire2 Sep 2021 #6

hlthe2b

(105,929 posts)

1. Yes. It is very effective, highly powerful opioid pain-killer 50-100 x more potent than morphine

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Sep 11, 2021, 12:38 PM

Sep 2021

and therein lies the problem when street forms are cut with cocaine.

Not a sedative, but a painkiller. They likely used propofol to sedate your friend.

question everything

(48,699 posts)

3. Thank you. Yes, as a pain killer. I do not know what the sedative was

Reply to hlthe2b (Reply #1)

Sat Sep 11, 2021, 12:40 PM

Sep 2021

The procedure was quick, though.

lamp_shade

(15,074 posts)

2. Analgesic, not sedative. Here...

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Sep 11, 2021, 12:38 PM

Sep 2021

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4973564/#:~:text=AS%20The%20sedative%20agents%20that,the%20most%20frequently%20administered%20analgesic.

question everything

(48,699 posts)

4. Thank you. Yes. The name Fentanyl was stuck in our mind, though

Reply to lamp_shade (Reply #2)

Sat Sep 11, 2021, 12:41 PM

Sep 2021

rickyhall

(4,889 posts)

5. Rock Star killer.

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Sep 11, 2021, 01:56 PM

Sep 2021

Voltaire2

(14,632 posts)

6. it is actually great as a short term general anesthetic

Reply to question everything (Original post)

Sat Sep 11, 2021, 02:41 PM

Sep 2021

zip you're out, wham you're back, generally zero side effects.

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