The analgesic efficacy is 100 times that of morphine What exactly fentanyl is

CCTV news: On December 1, local time, State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi held a Chinese and foreign press conference in Buenos Aires, argentina, to introduce the meeting between the Heads of State of China and the United States. At the press conference, Wang Yi said that the two sides agreed to take positive actions to strengthen law enforcement and anti-drug cooperation, including the control of fentanyl-like substances. So, what exactly is the fentanyl mentioned at the meeting between the two heads of state?

In the medicine warehouse of a hospital in Futian, Shenzhen, the reporter saw a huge safe, the door of the safe was locked with a 12-centimeter-thick steel plate, and the entire safe needed the main key and the auxiliary key together to open. Above the safe there is a surveillance camera that keeps an eye on the area.

The person in charge of the drug store told reporters that this cabinet contains opioid analgesic fentanyl, fentanyl is a narcotic drug belonging to the special drug management, it is managed by "5 specials", special counters, special personnel, special prescriptions, special account books, special registers.

According to industry insiders, a kind of fentanyl sand tablet analgesics, opioids have a strong analgesic effect, is the pillar drug that constitutes the hypnosis, analgesia and muscle relaxation of the three elements of general anesthesia to achieve labor pain, and is an irreplaceable medicine in anesthesia and pain treatment.

Statistics show that in the top ten sales varieties of key pharmaceutical analgesics in China in 2017, fentanyl drugs accounted for nearly 60%.

Sun Yanwu, director of the Department of Anesthesiology of Shenzhen University General Hospital, said that fentanyl, like morphine, is an opioid preparation, which is widely used in the clinical treatment of perioperative analgesia, chronic pain and cancer pain, and is an indispensable class of drugs in the clinic, and its analgesic effect is 100 times that of morphine. However, fentanyl, if abused, can also be addictive and is an important ingredient in laboratory drugs.

From March 1, 2017, the Ministry of Public Security, the former National Health and Family Planning Commission, and the former State Food and Drug Administration decided to list the four substances of carfentanil, furan fentanyl, acryloyl fentanyl, and valeryl fentanyl as non-medicinal narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances.

Experts say that although fentanyl is widely used in the clinic, it will have certain toxic side effects when it is the same as morphine. If used in large doses, there will also be cases of dependence and addiction, which may be used as a drug by criminals. However, its addiction is slightly lower than that of K powder, heroin and the like.

At a regular press conference held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on November 27, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said that China has actively taken custodial measures under the premise that no fentanyl-like substances have been found to be abused in China. Up to now, China has listed 25 kinds of fentanyl-like substances and 2 kinds of fentanyl precursors.