ELI5 How the whole touching fentanol you could overdose got started? In med industry we laugh about cops saying they get high or overdosed on it by touching it. ?

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

ELI5 How the whole touching fentanol you could overdose got started? In med industry we laugh about cops saying they get high or overdosed on it by touching it. ?

sniggleboots@europe.pub · 2 months ago

Fentanyl patches are pretty dangerous. The package insert explicitly warns you not to get the patch on your fingers or hands because the substance gets absorbed into the body more quickly than intended. It also warns against cutting a patch in half (or using otherwise damaged patches) because that too increases the rate at which the patch releases the medicine.

Don_Dickle@lemmy.world · 2 months ago

Yea we are fully aware of the patches but the powder form seems a stretch. Then it came a big deal and all cops were overdosing or whatever. For whatever reason.