I was a heroin/fentanyl addict for 6 or 7 years. I chose to use those drugs. No one forced them on me or coerced me into it. I made a poor decision. Thankfully, I've been off heroin for 2.5 years.
Brian Avila I got into a Suboxone treatment program. After about 2 years on that, I switched to taking buprenorphine tablets and I'm still taking those. Now I'm starting to slowly week myself off of them.
Hamilton Morris is a smart guy who really presents the facts behind substances and doesn't sugar coat shit. Thanks for all the information you've given me on certain substances. Valuable research he's conducted whether you think so or not
He is, but I’m wondering why he always says you NEED poppies grown somewhere for morphine & heroin to exist... is it *really* that impossible for one man to synthesize morphine, and then diamorphine??
Fentanyl is AMAZING for pain. A few months back I dislocated my shoulder and was in such extreme pain that even just the weight of my own arm would bring me to tears (i have a fairly high pain tolerance so thats really saying something) I was given fentanyl nasally (not sure the doaage, but it worked just like any nose spray) and within minutes my pain was completely gone. I didnt even feel the doctor pop it back into place. If used properly and safely, it can be amazingly helpful for those experiencing extreme pain. On the flip side, its incredibly dangerous if used improperly. Never abuse fentanyl.
My right shoulder kept dislocating in my earlier years and I can honestly say It's the worst pain I've ever had. I've been in intensive care in a coma and had plenty of broken bones but the shoulder and popping it back in was by far the worst.
The reason for fentanyl overdoses isn’t use of fentanyl, but laced with other drugs and fentanyl appears in the autopsies. I seriously doubt people seek it out
These people that are dying from it should never be taken it in the first place. But the government has made it to where we don't have any other options!! If they need hydrocodone or oxycodone it would have fixed the problem but the government is doing this to us! 80% of people cannot get the pain medication they needed including me and we have massive need and medical documentation saying it's necessary! But the government makes it to where are doctors can't give us what we need! So the drug dealers are in cartels just stepped in to fill the supply and demand in the only one able to do that is the fentanyl cuz everything else is ten times the price and hard to make! You know what as long as cigarettes and alcohol are still legal I think our government should shut the hell up and stop trying to tell us how to run our bodies! They don't have our interests in mind for one damn second it's all about lining their pockets! How many people have alcohol and tobacco killed in the last week! This is all just one big gaslight for the government taking our rights away and telling us what to do with our own body!the government doesn't want fentanyl here because nobody's going to buy oxycodone and dilaudid for $80 a pill if they can get fentanyl for $3 a pill. It is literally that simple!!
My mother just passed away from stomach and bone cancer. Very, very painful disease. The only thing that could touch her pain and give her pain free days was Fentanyl. Liquid morphine, Dilaudid or Oxycodone would only bring her pain down to maybe a 7 out of 10. Fentanyl is a very dangerous drug but definitely has a place in modern medicine. I do not know why anyone would choose to do this drug recreationally because it pretty much incapacitates you from doing anything other than laying around, but for a terminally ill patient Fentanyl is a god-send.
I was a heroin/fentanyl addict. Basically, when people's tolerances get so crazy out of hand they search out fentanyl over heroin because it's much stronger. Today, there is so much fentanyl out there sold as heroin, which is what is killing everyone. It's not as euphoric as heroin, but fentanyl definitely feels really good still.
You see, my condition is pancreatitis and it's exceptionally painful, fentanyl does nothing for the pain but dilaudid does. I guess it's how we process different medications.
lol someone clearly has no idea what they're talking about. just because your mom took a medication doesn't mean you know anything about it... its just a coincidence that other opiates didnt work for her, i guarantee it was a dosage or personal issue...fentanyl is dosed in a way that its literally a joke compared to IVing street heroin or something else strong, yes you will be "knocked out" or w.e but same with anyone who takes any opiate with no tolerance, once you do have a tolerance fentanyl is basically unusable unless you IV it. taking it thru patches isnt going to hurt or kill anyone with a tolerance. but really no point explaining opiates to kids on youtube who will never understand
I like how people who never tried drugs are the most confident and thinks they have the answer. Just the fact that they involve themselves like expert is amazingly fun to watch. It really is. Just amazing. 😏
Fentanyl was introduced for people with extremely high tolerance to opiods for pain management from typically terminal illness. It was never for the average pain paitent
Kinda bullshit tbh, it's a very cheap alternative to opiates since it requires no opium for synthesis and ease of transport since it's so potent. It's a great alternative painkiller with a good safety profile, just requires proper procedures to dose it.
@@Christian-os3sh i use it for pain relief. And been using it for years. Just the other day my dr broke down and cried because they are forcing him to stop prescribing it to me. I to did cause its been very helpful to my quality of life. He told me im so sorry u have done everything ive asked and done every drug screen jump through all these hoops and ive watched you suffer every time they stick there head in our business. I even turned in my norcos when started to do better. Now have to go bck to corrupted pain mngment. I have three herniated discs, bone spur lower bck, degenerative disc disorder, herniated neck disk, and cervical straightening of neck, trigeminal neuralgia, and tiez syndrome, and broken foot. These people abusing and dying are now fucking my life up. Noone forced the drugs in them. Like im already treated like criminal for no reason. I have to go under next Thursday and now get checked for crohns. So thnk u people who are trying to kill me with stress. People dnt realize how much stress also affects your health. Fuck feel like im dying cause all this interference.
@@johnmora5830 if you haven't tried it already, have you considered methadone, either prescribed by a pain doctor or from a methadone clinic? its arguably the strongest opioid regularly prescribed outside of fentanyl.
@@itssk1092 no i went to pain mngment today and watch person after person come out just devasted. So i felt it coming they gna taper me down and off with suboxone. Which was made for the drug addicts. They act like cannabis is some miracle drug in pa now like it gna solve the problem. Im gna truly miss being myself. Took me so long to even talk bout what was up with my health. Was always in fog till got help with the pain. Idk ive lost kinda all hope bro. I feel was hard enough watching America rip itself apart. Ya kinda just get tired begging corruption for help. Its funny weed is drug then all sudden medical benefit lol. Its so ass backwards. Pain mngment said unless your having surgery or cancer you basically gotta be human science experiment with other drugs till get them and wrked in auto body industry painting so im chemical sensitive. I just hope maybe one day normal moral righteous Americans will take bck country and make common sense fixs. But not so common so who knows.
I spent many years working in compounding pharmacy and used to prepare fentanyl (as well as sufentanil and carfentanil) in several dosage forms for people afflicted with cancer and other debilitating conditions with severe pain. These molecules absolutely have legitimate medical uses and I have witnessed this first hand in patients and their improvement in quality of life. The problem is with all of the clandestine preparation (e.g. illicit Chinese labs) and ease of access to these compounds in the street through those illicit channels. The general public does not understand just how potent and dangerous these molecules can be and certainly at the tiny amount which can cause an opioid naive individual to overdose.
As a senior graduate student in a PhD program in chemistry, the total synthesis of fentanyl is quite simple and extremely cost effective compared to traditional opiate synthesis of morphine or heroin.
@@CHodgy He did say he is a chemistry student in a phd program. I can guarantee he knows more about that, than you do about sentence structure, lol. Of course you could always get a PhD in sentence structure and tell us the facts of this argument 😭
I've been doing prescription fentanyl for about four years now. I started on the 12mg patches, putting them on my tongue, maybe twice a week. Today, I'm doing between 37.5mg to a 50mg patch a day and I am spending about £300 a week buying peoples scripts and I wouldn't wish my addiction on anybody. My doctor says if I don't stop, I'll be dead in 12-18 months if I don't overdose first. This is the first year I've tried to stop and I've relapsed about 8-9 times. I used to think getting off it was the hard part but it's the staying off it, it's the hard part so good luck to anyone trying.
Get on suboxone or methodone if you just can't quit on your own. I have several friends who've had success with suboxone and recommend it over methodone.
In the 2002 Moscow Theater hostage crisis, Russian spetsnaz pumped the theater full of fentanyl gas. The terrorists died but the hostages also died of fentanyl OD. Big oops
@@HASSPREDIGER20 Bro, It was a mixture of fentanyl and also carfentanyl. Russia EMTS brought over 100 doses but ran out within 2 hours i believe. That is why ALOT more died after police assaulted the theater.
I’ve been an opiate addict for over 15 years. Honestly I’ve come to one common understanding over these years. People are going to use and it’s time everyone realizes this. It’s time to make drugs safe to buy and use. To many people are dying. It’s crazy to think a safe dose is behind a counter yet people can’t access it. It all boils down to the money aspect. I can go to a doctor today and get any drugs my heart desires but I have to pay. This whole industry boils down to money and it’s so sad to see people dying when they don’t have to.
Why doesn’t The Government release information on how many people that have lost their lives to Alcohol or Alcohol related incidents?? All I hear about is the Opiod Epedemic And pain medication is responsible for all Opioid Related deaths?? I call Bullshit on that. And when did our Government start caring about drug addicts anyway?? Alcohol is the most dangerous drug in the world. It’s been destroying families and killing people for years as well. And Another piece of information which is true is that a person Detoxing from Alcohol can Die. People detoxing from opioids can’t. I broke Three toes 6 months ago and I could hardly walk. And I went to the ER and I got a prescription for Diclofenac which is a anti inflammatory. And I’m tired of hearing that drug addicts are breaking their limbs on purpose to get pain Medication. That’s Bullshit as well. Since you’re a Doctor explain this?? And if you reply your going to use some reasoning like people get hooked on pain medication and then they get shut off and go to Heroin. Just like a Alcoholic starts off with beer and switches to Vodka, Scotch , Rum. Oh BTW Alcohol is legal.
I've been on fentanyl patches for around 12 to 15 years through a pain management clinic. I've had six back of operations. At my worst point I was prescribed all sorts of medication from muscle relaxers to pain pills to depression medication, Etc. Within taking all of this medication I was taking 52 pills a day. That was 18 in the morning 18 and noon and 16 in the evening. I had to be under adult supervision because it was very easy for me to forget that I had already taken my medication and to retake my medication. I was in this stoned state for approximately three years. I have been told that I had done things that I have no recollection of doing and have made so many apologies but behold my family did not accept my apologies. That is something I had to get over. Since then, I have came down tremendously on my medication. I was on 75 mg of fentanyl duragesic patch. My Pain Management Center drop me down to 50 mg and then down to 35 mg which was a 25 mg and a 10 mg patch at the same time. Then I was drop down to 25 mg which I am at presently. I have decided since I am on Percocet, Mobic, Flexeril, which Mobic and flexeril are basically the same being muscle relaxers and also Fentanyl and Xanax. I have decided to try to wean myself off of Fentanyl. I sweat excessively, if I am working outside I would go through 3 shirts soaking wet with sweat in a day's time. I am leaning out with them now trying to get this under control. I have stopped taking my Fentanyl patches for 3 weeks now and I am still going through withdrawals. My stomach stays tore up and I am also trying to fight through the pain. I have been on narcotic medication for approximate 28 years and I am 50 years old so more than half of my life. Everyday that I have been off the patch has been a struggle. My pain management centers stated that if I came out the patch that he would increase my Percocet by two extra tablets per day so that is what I'm going for. I'm taking Percocet, duragesic fentanyl patches, Mobic, Xanax, Etc. I was 90 mme. I am not getting off of fentanyl because of being scared of death but instead I am getting off a bit because every third day I go through withdrawals freezing and sweating at the same time or feeling that my skin is on fire oh, that's the worst feeling. my feet also feel like they are on fire but that is from the neuropathy in my lower legs and feet. I wish that fentanyl was never invented or proscribed. Since I have stopped taking it I've been in bed for 3 weeks now and that really sucks. I do not know if I will continue to stay off the patch because I am in quite a lot of pain without it. people who abuse fentanyl has made it extremely rough for those of us who actually need it
Transdermal patches of Fentanyl are actually used often in post op for replacement therapy. Short duration, lack of systemic effects (with patch) like respiratory depression, constipation, etc. When its injected it can be very dangerous due to the narrow tx window. Too little? No effects.. Too much? You're dead. Yes, I am a physician. Great clip here.
John Baker no you get effects and what people here in boston get is roughly 40 grams of fentanyl for 2000$ dollars and they just ram it into every hole in their body and poke holes in themself 50 times a day. Now as a physician was the only statement you had to make the blatently obvious definition of the drug?
Telly, I think we are on the same page here on the dangers of the drug. Fentanyl works well in limited post op cases. Chronic opioid users actually decrease the amount of opioid receptors in their body, therefore the amount needed to feel the same previous effect increases. The problem is of course the addiction, the access to the drug, and the amount they use. Btw, I don't prescribe fentanyl.
John Baker i would also just say the problems go WAY beyond the few rhings you stated they leave infants in the nicu . they leave massive massive problems involving violence and ill just tell you this from experience. Fentanyl has killed some of the strongest people i know oddly. While most of the weaker addicts simply plow along. Its really a big deal here in boston. Everyone is aware now but we arent totally done either we have a long way to go and i think madatory minimums for the dealers of the particular substance have to come into play.
What if, after the vietnam war, the government saw how passive it made the troops and decided to design a drug that would make the public as passive as possible. To me, that explains the whole situation. I like to refer to firefly and it's take on the reaper virus as explained in serenity. Also, movies like 28 days later and return of the living dead have a good take on this issue.
Fentanyl is really important on the medical field. A combination of midazolam, fentanyl and propofol is frequently used in most hospitals over here in order to keep the patient sedated during surgery. And it works a lot better with fentanyl than morphine as it takes micrograms of it to knock one out.
Where? And for how long has Midazolam been used for surgeries there? This much better than using long lasting benzodiazepines. I think the use of shorter acting drugs has to become more popular within the medical community, this allows for better control of anaesthesia and a less uncomfortable post-anaesthetic phase, as it doesn't affect the patients for so long after.
@@3-methylindole730 I live in Brazil. This is the most common protocol for anesthesia procedures over here. There can be some exceptions, but those three drugs are the ones being used the most.
Violet Evans I think if someone is having a cocktail cabinet of all sorts of drugs, including fentanyl for example, then they are destroying their body’s cells enough and weakening their immune system enough to more easily bring the onset of diseases like cancer early. Still, Bowie was Bowie and lead his “Bowie” life. Hopefully it was worth it? 69 years of life is time enough for some people. Wishing you well, Violet. Nice name btw. :-)
Damien X Prince died of Fentanyl, due to the fact that he took black market Percocet that was laced with Fentanyl. He didn't know what he was taking and therefore accidentally overdosed.
03:57 what a wonderful silver lining. If Hamilton Morris's son or daughter died of synthetic cannabinoids, you would be able to put your arm on his shoulder and say "isn't it a source of comfort to know that their death contributed to our understanding of synthetic cannabinoids? Aren't you glad that we know now that this shit can kill you?"
My cousin is a fentanyl addict. He had a great job, a wife, and has a kid. He slowly went down hill and lost everything, and I'm afraid that he's going to die at some point. He's only 25. That's what's so crazy to me. He accomplished so much in a short amount of time, and lost it all, yet, he's still doing it.
Be careful whatever you give him, fentantyl is cheaper than heroin, heroin is expensive. Thats why they buy fentanyl, also take care and wish you well in whatever happens, it aint easy.
I doubt the majority of the general population realize this, but fentanyl is used everyday in anesthesia safely. Most people who have had anesthesia have been given fentanyl. It’s incredibly useful for surgical pain analgesia.
The reason stronger opiates are made and prescribed is for patients in extreme pain who have developed a tolerance. Without these stronger substances some patients would be in extreme pain with no way to treat them once their tolerance reaches a certain point. When prescribed appropriately these can be used to offer patients a good quality of life that they would never be able to achieve without medication. Fentanyl transdermal patches with morphine for breakthrough pain made the difference between living as close to "normal " as possible for my brother before he passed away from head and neck cancer. He battled almost 4 years and without the pain medication he would have contemplated suicide due to the pain. It's hard for people to understand how anyone could possibly need something so potent but patients in the worst conditions require these meds sometimes. Abuse should not be tolerated but punishing legitimate pain patients is what is happening due to the stigma associated with taking or prescribing opiates now. Cancer patients to chronic pain sufferers are having their medications decreased after years of being on them. Doctors know opiates produce a tolerance effect and require increasing dosages to provide the same relief yet they are ignoring that basic fact and now handle pain patients with kid gloves. It's a shame that the doctor/ patient relationship has been changed so much due to abuse by some.
Anesthesiologists I have talked to have said that its incredibly difficult to titrate the right dosing and keep it metered at a safe dose. They find it highly effective but the ones I have talked to don’t like to use it outside the hospital setting.
the reason I, as a medical professional, use transmucosal fentanyl is if someone has allergies or reactions to morphine. morphine suppresses your respiratory drive and some people also have normal reactions (with lots of opiods) like a terrible burning sensation, akin to the feeling of heartburn. the onset of effects is much greater with fentanyl, thus a higher chance of fatal overdose. 1/4 of a milligram is a normal dose vs 10 mg per ml with morphine.
I have a problem with morphine and was given fentanyl after spinal surgery, worked very well. Sadly, it's easily abused, but works very well in clinical settings.
Im recovering from fractures in my Tibula and fibulas. The paramedics shot me up with fentanyl and it completely voided the pain I was in. I can definitely see the benefit of this drug.
I have chewed the fentanyl patches the one I first tried was a 75 mcg patch it was strong as hell I feel once you get addicted it's hard as hell to stop
My mom had a stroke and fentanyl helped her with the pain. She recovered and is off the drug. Having said that, fentanyl should only be used under medical supervision. I'm a musician and I've lost friends to the drug.
Fentanyl is used for anesthesia during surgery. It is strickly controlled by the anesthesiologist during surgery. It is quick to put you yo sleep then you wake up quickly.
Dear Joe, I was on morphine for seven years and Couldn't walk because of spinal disease. When I was first given fentanyl I was pain free for the first time in nearly a decade and I began to be able to walk again. I can now be on my feet for nearly two hours a day. THAT is how bad things can be for a person. So bad that morphine and ever heroin wouldn't work as pain relief. Fentanyl is a miracle for people like me. I was only 25 when I hurt my back too so this has just been my experience of life. This. Two hours a day on my feet and the rest laying on a bed I pain and fighting depression......
It’s always sadness for the great people like prince and other celebrities who die from addiction but when we see people of our own community homeless and dying & we turn our eyes and wait for false promises from politicians to clean up our streets. Drug use has always had a stigma attached to it and we need better outreach for everyday people.
Okay I see the logic with needing opium to make heroine, but he kind of dismissed the other side "one guy can make fentanyl."...As far as I know the producers would be constrained with similar challenges in sourcing the ingredients for fentanyl. It doesn't just magically appear it is still an economic process, an exchange and logistics to create.
I recently had a car accident and was on it in the hospital for two weeks never again I thought it sucked for medical use a norco 10 helped me more with pain
I live in the tenderloin (downtown) district of San Francisco, surrounded by fentanyl addicts constantly shooting up. I’m in a front facing apartment on the first floor unit of a building that’s on a busy street in one of the most highly trafficked areas for fentanyl use you can imagine. Ive seen things you can’t believe from a built on bench seat in my front window (bedroom window.) I had a man living right under my window for 3 days sticking needles into his blooding scabby swollen leg, and he would wake up every few hours to put another needle into his various scabs. I had to hear and witness this because tweakers would come by and talk to him and wake us up. The police came and talked to him, but in San Francisco at that moment there was a policy of not removing anyone, even if they were keeping other people from being able to sleep. He refused to go to the local General hospital (not that I blame him, I worked in the psych ward there for years and it’s terrible and not helpful) so he sat under my window, asleep from his drug and me wishing at one point that I could get some also because of all of the disturbances his cohorts were causing me, being unable to get any sleep while he was there.
Pharmaceutical fentanyl is not found in street drugs. Its fentanyl analogues and they have different potencies and durations. Some are weaker than heroin, some are several times stronger than regular fentanyl, some are euphoric and most are not. People tend to gloss over this a lot
I have been given Fentanyl before a surgical operation after a road accident, I felt like I had to pee. Everything was suddently warm inside my body. When I woke up, I felt like shit. Now imagine people using this on a daily basis... Feels bad, man.
Im on Fentanyl patches. I don't abuse it but I have such bad spine issues that other opiates just stopped working which is why fentanyl was prescribed. It doesn't get me high or any buzz at all, unfortunately im just used to it now and even now its not as effective as it once was. I absolutely hate this shit, i hate not being able to go on a road trip or vacation without having to schedule it around my refill date. I have asked my doctor to start the tapering process and im down to half of what I was originally prescribed... this would be a lot easier to kick if they would just legalize marijuana and even though im in CA where its legal through the state my career forbids it since there are federal ties so im put on a deadly drug instead of one that can't kill you due to legal reasons.
I have a degenerative bone condition and fentanyl was the ONLY thing that gave me complete pain control. It did have drawbacks like extreme nausea and ass kicking fatigue. I don't get why anyone would recreate on it though.
fentanyl is used for anesthesia. Its potent. Its fast on and fast off. 50mcg and 45s you see HR and BP drop. We need it for medicine. Its not our fault that people steal and use it. Also its easy and cheap to make. People will make sell and use anything. Opioids can be measured in morphine equivalents which basically compare its effectiveness to other opioids by dose. 100mcg is equivalent to about 1mg of dilaudid (but dilaudid is longer lasting) and thats equal to about 10mg of morphine and obviously there are other opioids we can throw in here to compare with as well.
I recently had an outpatient surgery and fentanyl was administered on me! Boy oh Boy I see why its dangerous. I’ve never felt so great in my life when it came to a drug! They gave me 100 micrograms of that stuff and I felt NOTHING!!! Literally 😩
When I had brain cancer after each surgery 11 total they gave me fentanyl and dillauded and Percocet and on a dillauded pump in my room,I was off of drugs when I went into the hospital, the hospital actually got me hooked on opiates again and of course they deny it all 💯💯🤔👍👍😎
RIP. So sorry. In April one of my nephews died from an overdose. Fentanyl and Heroin are no joke. They're destroying families and lives. My sincere condolensces.
I know two people close to me that died from fentanyl. Grew up with both of them, they were 1 and 2 years ahead of me in school. First one died from a laced batch of coke, the other from a fake pill. I will only ever recommend weed and psychedelics. Everything else, to me, is not worth the risk.
I had to pause this video to say this... this man just said because it has a short duration or whatever, that makes it NOT good for street use but that's EXACTLY why they're putting it in everything, so you compulsively need it again and again
My dear friend was given controlled dosages of Fentanyl during her radiation it was the only way she could stand the pain and pressure of the radioactive sleeve getting ripped out of her cervix after treatment.
I was taking fentanyl for awhile not even knowing it. I thought it was a painkiller called tramadol. But when they came in regular packs I didn’t feel that much. But when they were red and never had a packaging, i would get suuuper fucked up. And overdose around 8 times bad in a year. But i was so dumb that I didn’t know until over a year after that it was fentanyl in them. But at that time I wouldn’t have cared anyway. But it’s in alot of shit because it just hits different
This is why all drugs CANNOT be legalized. If all drugs were legal, that would include fetanyl and carfentanil, which are deadly as a grain of rice. People have really illogical ideas.
There should be a waiver done. A legal contract stating "I ______ am willing and knowingly ingesting Fentanyl, and if i die it is due from MY NEGLECT ONLY" people drink the rotten urine of a microbe called alcohol. If they die of liver disease. That is THERE FAULT. You dont see the liquor companies getting arrested or prosecuted
My doc put me on fentanyl patches 4 years ago (prolapsed disc in my back and arthritis in my hands). I'm only just getting off it now and it's f00king horrible. I was on 100micgrams/hr at it's max). Stomach cramps, cold sweats, really bad nausea. I've been getting taken off this stuff for like 4 months or something, still got a month or so to go. Couldn't bloody remember a f00king thing for like 3 years, but my memory does seem to be getting better as the dosage gets lower. Still in a load of pain but at least I'm getting my life back. Don't take this stuff...
Fentanyl was never intended to be used outside its narrow window of use, surgery. The fact that it has a very short potent duration is why it was used in surgery. In most hospitals in the US even a physician like myself can't prescribe this drug. It doesn't have a use in my field of practice. The problem isn't the drug it's miss use of the drug. The same accusation can be made of nearly any opitate narcotic drug however some pain is uncontrollable without the use of the potent drugs. Drugs like Demerol and morphine are very addictive but they also control pain where other drugs fail. It's those who take these drugs and use them illegally that presents the problem not the drugs themselves. Fentanyl has a very limited use but has a ligitmate use.
This guy is very intellectual when it comes it drugs especially pot. Pot is addicting but people don’t think of it like alcohol or meth. It is more like a nicotine withdrawal from pot it’s not pleasant but very easily done if you are strong enough mentally
We used to find inmates all rigored up(rigor mortis) from od’ing on “heron”, fentynyl was just starting to pop up back then. These stupid mofos would snort raw heron cut wiff ‘fent’, drop, turn blue, (if we found them in time) immediately. Decade later after I retired, I had a heart attack, pain was bad, doc said 100 mgs pf fentynyl, it didn’t do shit but get me feeling good but pain was still there. Doc said “No pain med will touch pain from a heart attack, you sir are having a heart attack”. My story enjoy.
I was a heroin/fentanyl addict for 6 or 7 years. I chose to use those drugs. No one forced them on me or coerced me into it. I made a poor decision. Thankfully, I've been off heroin for 2.5 years.
Kyle Stewart me too. Good for you buddy, sober is better🙌🏼
Kyle Stewart how did you stop?
Ah yes. Remember how good it feels tho ?
frizzybob sure it felt great but I got fucking tired of having no control over my own life and spending all of my money.
Brian Avila I got into a Suboxone treatment program. After about 2 years on that, I switched to taking buprenorphine tablets and I'm still taking those. Now I'm starting to slowly week myself off of them.
Is this the mf who tripped on those frogs on vice ?
Yes... Hamilton
@@MrMaxyield So this chemist he speaks of is a chemist or a street chemist trying to make some money🧐
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Not sure...
@@juancarlos5964 hes a chemist he knows what hes doing. He has a really interesting show they do really good work
Yes he id
Hamilton Morris is a smart guy who really presents the facts behind substances and doesn't sugar coat shit. Thanks for all the information you've given me on certain substances. Valuable research he's conducted whether you think so or not
Dude is wicked smart and even running test on himself.
If you don’t believe this just ask Hamilton lol
He is, but I’m wondering why he always says you NEED poppies grown somewhere for morphine & heroin to exist... is it *really* that impossible for one man to synthesize morphine, and then diamorphine??
Fentanyl is AMAZING for pain. A few months back I dislocated my shoulder and was in such extreme pain that even just the weight of my own arm would bring me to tears (i have a fairly high pain tolerance so thats really saying something) I was given fentanyl nasally (not sure the doaage, but it worked just like any nose spray) and within minutes my pain was completely gone. I didnt even feel the doctor pop it back into place. If used properly and safely, it can be amazingly helpful for those experiencing extreme pain. On the flip side, its incredibly dangerous if used improperly. Never abuse fentanyl.
My right shoulder kept dislocating in my earlier years and I can honestly say It's the worst pain I've ever had. I've been in intensive care in a coma and had plenty of broken bones but the shoulder and popping it back in was by far the worst.
The reason for fentanyl overdoses isn’t use of fentanyl, but laced with other drugs and fentanyl appears in the autopsies. I seriously doubt people seek it out
These people that are dying from it should never be taken it in the first place. But the government has made it to where we don't have any other options!! If they need hydrocodone or oxycodone it would have fixed the problem but the government is doing this to us! 80% of people cannot get the pain medication they needed including me and we have massive need and medical documentation saying it's necessary! But the government makes it to where are doctors can't give us what we need! So the drug dealers are in cartels just stepped in to fill the supply and demand in the only one able to do that is the fentanyl cuz everything else is ten times the price and hard to make! You know what as long as cigarettes and alcohol are still legal I think our government should shut the hell up and stop trying to tell us how to run our bodies! They don't have our interests in mind for one damn second it's all about lining their pockets! How many people have alcohol and tobacco killed in the last week! This is all just one big gaslight for the government taking our rights away and telling us what to do with our own body!the government doesn't want fentanyl here because nobody's going to buy oxycodone and dilaudid for $80 a pill if they can get fentanyl for $3 a pill. It is literally that simple!!
My mother just passed away from stomach and bone cancer. Very, very painful disease. The only thing that could touch her pain and give her pain free days was Fentanyl. Liquid morphine, Dilaudid or Oxycodone would only bring her pain down to maybe a 7 out of 10. Fentanyl is a very dangerous drug but definitely has a place in modern medicine. I do not know why anyone would choose to do this drug recreationally because it pretty much incapacitates you from doing anything other than laying around, but for a terminally ill patient Fentanyl is a god-send.
This is the whole point. Your mother is a perfect example of what Fentanyl can do for someone.
I was a heroin/fentanyl addict. Basically, when people's tolerances get so crazy out of hand they search out fentanyl over heroin because it's much stronger. Today, there is so much fentanyl out there sold as heroin, which is what is killing everyone. It's not as euphoric as heroin, but fentanyl definitely feels really good still.
You see, my condition is pancreatitis and it's exceptionally painful, fentanyl does nothing for the pain but dilaudid does. I guess it's how we process different medications.
Agreed, in a vehicle collision I suffered a severe spinal fracturing and fentanyl helped when in ICU for 3 weeks.
lol someone clearly has no idea what they're talking about. just because your mom took a medication doesn't mean you know anything about it... its just a coincidence that other opiates didnt work for her, i guarantee it was a dosage or personal issue...fentanyl is dosed in a way that its literally a joke compared to IVing street heroin or something else strong, yes you will be "knocked out" or w.e but same with anyone who takes any opiate with no tolerance, once you do have a tolerance fentanyl is basically unusable unless you IV it. taking it thru patches isnt going to hurt or kill anyone with a tolerance. but really no point explaining opiates to kids on youtube who will never understand
You should do a show about alcohol. I mean it kills like 88,000 people every year in the usa and makes everyone insane, but forget that
it's "Legal" so to the eyes of a laymen it is harmless
I like how people who never tried drugs are the most confident and thinks they have the answer. Just the fact that they involve themselves like expert is amazingly fun to watch. It really is. Just amazing. 😏
murf j 29 people die every day from alcohol related car accidents. That’s crazy
That's fn right!
Alcohol is a drug.
Fentanyl was introduced for people with extremely high tolerance to opiods for pain management from typically terminal illness. It was never for the average pain paitent
michael lundy it was introduced for cancer patients with inoperable terminal diagnosis
Kinda bullshit tbh, it's a very cheap alternative to opiates since it requires no opium for synthesis and ease of transport since it's so potent. It's a great alternative painkiller with a good safety profile, just requires proper procedures to dose it.
@@Christian-os3sh i use it for pain relief. And been using it for years. Just the other day my dr broke down and cried because they are forcing him to stop prescribing it to me. I to did cause its been very helpful to my quality of life. He told me im so sorry u have done everything ive asked and done every drug screen jump through all these hoops and ive watched you suffer every time they stick there head in our business. I even turned in my norcos when started to do better. Now have to go bck to corrupted pain mngment. I have three herniated discs, bone spur lower bck, degenerative disc disorder, herniated neck disk, and cervical straightening of neck, trigeminal neuralgia, and tiez syndrome, and broken foot. These people abusing and dying are now fucking my life up. Noone forced the drugs in them. Like im already treated like criminal for no reason. I have to go under next Thursday and now get checked for crohns. So thnk u people who are trying to kill me with stress. People dnt realize how much stress also affects your health. Fuck feel like im dying cause all this interference.
@@johnmora5830 if you haven't tried it already, have you considered methadone, either prescribed by a pain doctor or from a methadone clinic? its arguably the strongest opioid regularly prescribed outside of fentanyl.
@@itssk1092 no i went to pain mngment today and watch person after person come out just devasted. So i felt it coming they gna taper me down and off with suboxone. Which was made for the drug addicts. They act like cannabis is some miracle drug in pa now like it gna solve the problem. Im gna truly miss being myself. Took me so long to even talk bout what was up with my health. Was always in fog till got help with the pain. Idk ive lost kinda all hope bro. I feel was hard enough watching America rip itself apart. Ya kinda just get tired begging corruption for help. Its funny weed is drug then all sudden medical benefit lol. Its so ass backwards. Pain mngment said unless your having surgery or cancer you basically gotta be human science experiment with other drugs till get them and wrked in auto body industry painting so im chemical sensitive. I just hope maybe one day normal moral righteous Americans will take bck country and make common sense fixs. But not so common so who knows.
I spent many years working in compounding pharmacy and used to prepare fentanyl (as well as sufentanil and carfentanil) in several dosage forms for people afflicted with cancer and other debilitating conditions with severe pain. These molecules absolutely have legitimate medical uses and I have witnessed this first hand in patients and their improvement in quality of life. The problem is with all of the clandestine preparation (e.g. illicit Chinese labs) and ease of access to these compounds in the street through those illicit channels. The general public does not understand just how potent and dangerous these molecules can be and certainly at the tiny amount which can cause an opioid naive individual to overdose.
rip to my child hood friend who never woke up. it took the rest of us year to realize but we are better now. rip iron pony
As a senior graduate student in a PhD program in chemistry, the total synthesis of fentanyl is quite simple and extremely cost effective compared to traditional opiate synthesis of morphine or heroin.
The Bullfrog did you?
Your sentence is flawed, "PhD"
@@CHodgy He did say he is a chemistry student in a phd program. I can guarantee he knows more about that, than you do about sentence structure, lol. Of course you could always get a PhD in sentence structure and tell us the facts of this argument 😭
@@tack3411 ya, but has heeee actually tried it?? (I didnt read your comment, I prefer one-sided communication so)
@@CHodgy oh so you’re THAT guy
If Hamilton calls you the weird guy, youre most definitely a weird guy lmao
I've been doing prescription fentanyl for about four years now. I started on the 12mg patches, putting them on my tongue, maybe twice a week. Today, I'm doing between 37.5mg to a 50mg patch a day and I am spending about £300 a week buying peoples scripts and I wouldn't wish my addiction on anybody. My doctor says if I don't stop, I'll be dead in 12-18 months if I don't overdose first. This is the first year I've tried to stop and I've relapsed about 8-9 times. I used to think getting off it was the hard part but it's the staying off it, it's the hard part so good luck to anyone trying.
wow. have you tried or considered mushrooms , ketamin or auwashca (however its spelled, shit)?
Get on suboxone or methodone if you just can't quit on your own. I have several friends who've had success with suboxone and recommend it over methodone.
You mean 12ug? 12 mg you'd be dead
Iboga? I have heard that has helped a lot of addicts free themselves. All the luck in the world brother.
cneddy22 I missed that. Yes, indeed. Curious to know how that would even begin.
In the 2002 Moscow Theater hostage crisis, Russian spetsnaz pumped the theater full of fentanyl gas. The terrorists died but the hostages also died of fentanyl OD. Big oops
yup, i was barking about it back then...
Whaaat, that's a big oof... ffs russia xd
what the fuck were they thinking?
Braonán they used Carfentanyl not fentanyl
@@HASSPREDIGER20 Bro, It was a mixture of fentanyl and also carfentanyl. Russia EMTS brought over 100 doses but ran out within 2 hours i believe. That is why ALOT more died after police assaulted the theater.
I’ve been an opiate addict for over 15 years. Honestly I’ve come to one common understanding over these years. People are going to use and it’s time everyone realizes this. It’s time to make drugs safe to buy and use. To many people are dying. It’s crazy to think a safe dose is behind a counter yet people can’t access it. It all boils down to the money aspect. I can go to a doctor today and get any drugs my heart desires but I have to pay. This whole industry boils down to money and it’s so sad to see people dying when they don’t have to.
It not just the great people we've lost to opiates... Its the regular people and the kids that are left to try to raise themselves.
Why doesn’t The Government release information on how many people that have lost their lives to Alcohol or Alcohol related incidents?? All I hear about is the Opiod Epedemic And pain medication is responsible for all Opioid Related deaths?? I call Bullshit on that. And when did our Government start caring about drug addicts anyway?? Alcohol is the most dangerous drug in the world. It’s been destroying families and killing people for years as well. And Another piece of information which is true is that a person Detoxing from Alcohol can Die. People detoxing from opioids can’t. I broke Three toes 6 months ago and I could hardly walk. And I went to the ER and I got a prescription for Diclofenac which is a anti inflammatory. And I’m tired of hearing that drug addicts are breaking their limbs on purpose to get pain Medication. That’s Bullshit as well. Since you’re a Doctor explain this?? And if you reply your going to use some reasoning like people get hooked on pain medication and then they get shut off and go to Heroin. Just like a Alcoholic starts off with beer and switches to Vodka, Scotch , Rum. Oh BTW Alcohol is legal.
I just bought a cat 👍🏼
Let’s gooooo
@Nolimitpolo D until you gotta walk em everyday and they tear your house apart
@@mikec4308 cats really be some chill ass niggaz
Adopt, ya noob.
Cats are jesus and Obama's children
I've been on fentanyl patches for around 12 to 15 years through a pain management clinic. I've had six back of operations. At my worst point I was prescribed all sorts of medication from muscle relaxers to pain pills to depression medication, Etc. Within taking all of this medication I was taking 52 pills a day. That was 18 in the morning 18 and noon and 16 in the evening. I had to be under adult supervision because it was very easy for me to forget that I had already taken my medication and to retake my medication. I was in this stoned state for approximately three years. I have been told that I had done things that I have no recollection of doing and have made so many apologies but behold my family did not accept my apologies. That is something I had to get over. Since then, I have came down tremendously on my medication. I was on 75 mg of fentanyl duragesic patch. My Pain Management Center drop me down to 50 mg and then down to 35 mg which was a 25 mg and a 10 mg patch at the same time. Then I was drop down to 25 mg which I am at presently. I have decided since I am on Percocet, Mobic, Flexeril, which Mobic and flexeril are basically the same being muscle relaxers and also Fentanyl and Xanax. I have decided to try to wean myself off of Fentanyl. I sweat excessively, if I am working outside I would go through 3 shirts soaking wet with sweat in a day's time. I am leaning out with them now trying to get this under control. I have stopped taking my Fentanyl patches for 3 weeks now and I am still going through withdrawals. My stomach stays tore up and I am also trying to fight through the pain. I have been on narcotic medication for approximate 28 years and I am 50 years old so more than half of my life. Everyday that I have been off the patch has been a struggle. My pain management centers stated that if I came out the patch that he would increase my Percocet by two extra tablets per day so that is what I'm going for. I'm taking Percocet, duragesic fentanyl patches, Mobic, Xanax, Etc. I was 90 mme. I am not getting off of fentanyl because of being scared of death but instead I am getting off a bit because every third day I go through withdrawals freezing and sweating at the same time or feeling that my skin is on fire oh, that's the worst feeling. my feet also feel like they are on fire but that is from the neuropathy in my lower legs and feet. I wish that fentanyl was never invented or proscribed. Since I have stopped taking it I've been in bed for 3 weeks now and that really sucks. I do not know if I will continue to stay off the patch because I am in quite a lot of pain without it. people who abuse fentanyl has made it extremely rough for those of us who actually need it
Try gabapentin or kratom for the withdrawals. Hope all is well
@@hovathadon2823 tell your doctor that you have anxiety and they gave it to you in jail and it helped you alot.
Have you tried smoking weed
The patch for patch system in toronto is great , at the end of month u have to hand in spent patches to get the new ones
@@g_holmes Ya Kratom for sure!
That’s such a great pain killer for cancer patient and hospice patients
Transdermal patches of Fentanyl are actually used often in post op for replacement therapy. Short duration, lack of systemic effects (with patch) like respiratory depression, constipation, etc.
When its injected it can be very dangerous due to the narrow tx window. Too little? No effects.. Too much? You're dead.
Yes, I am a physician. Great clip here.
John Baker no you get effects and what people here in boston get is roughly 40 grams of fentanyl for 2000$ dollars and they just ram it into every hole in their body and poke holes in themself 50 times a day. Now as a physician was the only statement you had to make the blatently obvious definition of the drug?
They get effects - even on .01 of a gram the problem is the addiction.
Telly, I think we are on the same page here on the dangers of the drug. Fentanyl works well in limited post op cases. Chronic opioid users actually decrease the amount of opioid receptors in their body, therefore the amount needed to feel the same previous effect increases. The problem is of course the addiction, the access to the drug, and the amount they use. Btw, I don't prescribe fentanyl.
John Baker yes I'm a physician who loves the cock
John Baker i would also just say the problems go WAY beyond the few rhings you stated they leave infants in the nicu . they leave massive massive problems involving violence and ill just tell you this from experience. Fentanyl has killed some of the strongest people i know oddly. While most of the weaker addicts simply plow along. Its really a big deal here in boston. Everyone is aware now but we arent totally done either we have a long way to go and i think madatory minimums for the dealers of the particular substance have to come into play.
What if, after the vietnam war, the government saw how passive it made the troops and decided to design a drug that would make the public as passive as possible. To me, that explains the whole situation. I like to refer to firefly and it's take on the reaper virus as explained in serenity. Also, movies like 28 days later and return of the living dead have a good take on this issue.
Fentanyl is really important on the medical field. A combination of midazolam, fentanyl and propofol is frequently used in most hospitals over here in order to keep the patient sedated during surgery. And it works a lot better with fentanyl than morphine as it takes micrograms of it to knock one out.
Where? And for how long has Midazolam been used for surgeries there? This much better than using long lasting benzodiazepines. I think the use of shorter acting drugs has to become more popular within the medical community, this allows for better control of anaesthesia and a less uncomfortable post-anaesthetic phase, as it doesn't affect the patients for so long after.
@@3-methylindole730 I live in Brazil. This is the most common protocol for anesthesia procedures over here. There can be some exceptions, but those three drugs are the ones being used the most.
@@3-methylindole730 Midazolam became very common for anesthesia around the mid 2000s
No David Bowie died of cancer...
Violet Evans ...And Prince died from Percocet/Oxycodone
Violet Evans rogan being rogan
Violet Evans I think if someone is having a cocktail cabinet of all sorts of drugs, including fentanyl for example, then they are destroying their body’s cells enough and weakening their immune system enough to more easily bring the onset of diseases like cancer early. Still, Bowie was Bowie and lead his “Bowie” life. Hopefully it was worth it? 69 years of life is time enough for some people. Wishing you well, Violet. Nice name btw. :-)
And took fentanyl
Damien X Prince died of Fentanyl, due to the fact that he took black market Percocet that was laced with Fentanyl. He didn't know what he was taking and therefore accidentally overdosed.
03:57 what a wonderful silver lining. If Hamilton Morris's son or daughter died of synthetic cannabinoids, you would be able to put your arm on his shoulder and say "isn't it a source of comfort to know that their death contributed to our understanding of synthetic cannabinoids? Aren't you glad that we know now that this shit can kill you?"
To be honest with you I think we need a testimony from a user of both Heroin and Fentanyl “ Artie Lange waddles into room”
My cousin is a fentanyl addict. He had a great job, a wife, and has a kid. He slowly went down hill and lost everything, and I'm afraid that he's going to die at some point. He's only 25. That's what's so crazy to me. He accomplished so much in a short amount of time, and lost it all, yet, he's still doing it.
Wow I'm so sorry
Because fent gives him the illusion nothing actually matters cas it feels so goid
My friend just got shot arguing over it trying o score some
Be careful whatever you give him, fentantyl is cheaper than heroin, heroin is expensive. Thats why they buy fentanyl, also take care and wish you well in whatever happens, it aint easy.
I can't imagine being the chemist that introduced fentanyl to the US.
Why's Joe asking this guy? All he needed to do is ask Jamie or Eddie. Jamie Aced the study and Eddie has been looking into it.
BlakethaReaper you obviously don’t know who this guy is ..
Owen Garrett you obviously don't get the joke....
I'm well aware of who it is.
I doubt the majority of the general population realize this, but fentanyl is used everyday in anesthesia safely. Most people who have had anesthesia have been given fentanyl. It’s incredibly useful for surgical pain analgesia.
Hamilton is the dude!! Open our ears and listen time to learn!!
R.I.P. LIL PEEP💔🐥
I’m learning from comments that fentanyl is actually good for a lot of people but like anything as humans we abuse something that is so helpful.
Hamilton has a face for radio and a voice for the deaf.
The reason stronger opiates are made and prescribed is for patients in extreme pain who have developed a tolerance. Without these stronger substances some patients would be in extreme pain with no way to treat them once their tolerance reaches a certain point. When prescribed appropriately these can be used to offer patients a good quality of life that they would never be able to achieve without medication. Fentanyl transdermal patches with morphine for breakthrough pain made the difference between living as close to "normal " as possible for my brother before he passed away from head and neck cancer. He battled almost 4 years and without the pain medication he would have contemplated suicide due to the pain. It's hard for people to understand how anyone could possibly need something so potent but patients in the worst conditions require these meds sometimes. Abuse should not be tolerated but punishing legitimate pain patients is what is happening due to the stigma associated with taking or prescribing opiates now. Cancer patients to chronic pain sufferers are having their medications decreased after years of being on them. Doctors know opiates produce a tolerance effect and require increasing dosages to provide the same relief yet they are ignoring that basic fact and now handle pain patients with kid gloves. It's a shame that the doctor/ patient relationship has been changed so much due to abuse by some.
Lmfao joe cuts it off right when he starts talking bad about kush 😂
he isnt talking about bud, he is talking about synthetic weed and how it has proven extreme doses of cannabinoids can kill you
Anesthesiologists I have talked to have said that its incredibly difficult to titrate the right dosing and keep it metered at a safe dose. They find it highly effective but the ones I have talked to don’t like to use it outside the hospital setting.
the reason I, as a medical professional, use transmucosal fentanyl is if someone has allergies or reactions to morphine. morphine suppresses your respiratory drive and some people also have normal reactions (with lots of opiods) like a terrible burning sensation, akin to the feeling of heartburn. the onset of effects is much greater with fentanyl, thus a higher chance of fatal overdose. 1/4 of a milligram is a normal dose vs 10 mg per ml with morphine.
I was on the patches, for a slipped disk for about 3 months, it wipes your soul away and leaves a husk of the person you used to be.
Agreed...
On the other hand, help is out there.
Kratom saved my life, and my husk is slowly regenerating.
I have a problem with morphine and was given fentanyl after spinal surgery, worked very well. Sadly, it's easily abused, but works very well in clinical settings.
Bro he might be high asl voice cracks like crazy lol
Im recovering from fractures in my Tibula and fibulas. The paramedics shot me up with fentanyl and it completely voided the pain I was in. I can definitely see the benefit of this drug.
I have chewed the fentanyl patches the one I first tried was a 75 mcg patch it was strong as hell I feel once you get addicted it's hard as hell to stop
Fentanyl has great benefits medically, but should only be used by physicians in a hospital setting.
Fentanyl is actually used for epidurals Joe. My girlfriend had it when she had my baby. She hates painkillers.
Joe "I've talked with intellectuals' Rogan
RIP Prince, Tom Petty, Mac Miller and Lil Peep.
Louis CE didn’t peep just die on Xanax? I thought I heard he took like 9 pills
@@jackhatch4504 nah they were fentanyl laced
The nigga named himself after a marshmallow?
@@jackhatch4504 You almost can't die off benzodiazepine pills alone.
Thank you Hamilton for having an intelligent discussion of the complexities of this matter!
Joe “Fentanyl” Rogan
Ha
RIP PEEP
My mom had a stroke and fentanyl helped her with the pain. She recovered and is off the drug. Having said that, fentanyl should only be used under medical supervision. I'm a musician and I've lost friends to the drug.
Fentanyl is used for anesthesia during surgery. It is strickly controlled by the anesthesiologist during surgery. It is quick to put you yo sleep then you wake up quickly.
Butch Thomason wrong
I've had four surgeries where Fentanyl was used. So RIGHT!
@@KimballCody actually he's dead right, it's very beneficial in surgeries
When Hamilton Morris says "weird guy" and Rogan said "yeah I guess" I just chuckled for some reason
Dear Joe, I was on morphine for seven years and Couldn't walk because of spinal disease. When I was first given fentanyl I was pain free for the first time in nearly a decade and I began to be able to walk again. I can now be on my feet for nearly two hours a day. THAT is how bad things can be for a person. So bad that morphine and ever heroin wouldn't work as pain relief. Fentanyl is a miracle for people like me. I was only 25 when I hurt my back too so this has just been my experience of life. This. Two hours a day on my feet and the rest laying on a bed I pain and fighting depression......
Rest In Peace Mac Miller
Noble Vagabond who is mark mallard?
It’s always sadness for the great people like prince and other celebrities who die from addiction but when we see people of our own community homeless and dying & we turn our eyes and wait for false promises from politicians to clean up our streets. Drug use has always had a stigma attached to it and we need better outreach for everyday people.
Okay I see the logic with needing opium to make heroine, but he kind of dismissed the other side "one guy can make fentanyl."...As far as I know the producers would be constrained with similar challenges in sourcing the ingredients for fentanyl. It doesn't just magically appear it is still an economic process, an exchange and logistics to create.
The problem is profiteering in the medical profession!
Greg Bond yeah they should all work for free, or maybe just for cost lol
yep, but sadly humans are too stupid to somehow understand this =/
I used to love the old fenny patches that I could chew on a piece of one and be high for 18 hours straight. Those were the days.
I'm thankful I've never had the urge to do this
Joe “Fentanyl is1000 x more powerful the heroin” Rogan
joe "thats crazy, man. have you done dmt?" rogan
100 times Joe.
I recently had a car accident and was on it in the hospital for two weeks never again I thought it sucked for medical use a norco 10 helped me more with pain
I live in the tenderloin (downtown) district of San Francisco, surrounded by fentanyl addicts constantly shooting up. I’m in a front facing apartment on the first floor unit of a building that’s on a busy street in one of the most highly trafficked areas for fentanyl use you can imagine. Ive seen things you can’t believe from a built on bench seat in my front window (bedroom window.) I had a man living right under my window for 3 days sticking needles into his blooding scabby swollen leg, and he would wake up every few hours to put another needle into his various scabs. I had to hear and witness this because tweakers would come by and talk to him and wake us up. The police came and talked to him, but in San Francisco at that moment there was a policy of not removing anyone, even if they were keeping other people from being able to sleep. He refused to go to the local General hospital (not that I blame him, I worked in the psych ward there for years and it’s terrible and not helpful) so he sat under my window, asleep from his drug and me wishing at one point that I could get some also because of all of the disturbances his cohorts were causing me, being unable to get any sleep while he was there.
Its an import from China right? Container Ships full are coming across the Pacific right now...why?
Less expensive.
Pharmaceutical fentanyl is not found in street drugs. Its fentanyl analogues and they have different potencies and durations. Some are weaker than heroin, some are several times stronger than regular fentanyl, some are euphoric and most are not. People tend to gloss over this a lot
I used to do these fentanyl blotters that made me feel real scared like I was in a horror movie it was great 👍
I have been given Fentanyl before a surgical operation after a road accident, I felt like I had to pee. Everything was suddently warm inside my body. When I woke up, I felt like shit. Now imagine people using this on a daily basis... Feels bad, man.
How about no
Im on Fentanyl patches. I don't abuse it but I have such bad spine issues that other opiates just stopped working which is why fentanyl was prescribed. It doesn't get me high or any buzz at all, unfortunately im just used to it now and even now its not as effective as it once was. I absolutely hate this shit, i hate not being able to go on a road trip or vacation without having to schedule it around my refill date. I have asked my doctor to start the tapering process and im down to half of what I was originally prescribed... this would be a lot easier to kick if they would just legalize marijuana and even though im in CA where its legal through the state my career forbids it since there are federal ties so im put on a deadly drug instead of one that can't kill you due to legal reasons.
joe "why would anyone invent fentanyl" rogan
I have a degenerative bone condition and fentanyl was the ONLY thing that gave me complete pain control. It did have drawbacks like extreme nausea and ass kicking fatigue. I don't get why anyone would recreate on it though.
fentanyl is used for anesthesia. Its potent. Its fast on and fast off. 50mcg and 45s you see HR and BP drop. We need it for medicine. Its not our fault that people steal and use it. Also its easy and cheap to make. People will make sell and use anything. Opioids can be measured in morphine equivalents which basically compare its effectiveness to other opioids by dose. 100mcg is equivalent to about 1mg of dilaudid (but dilaudid is longer lasting) and thats equal to about 10mg of morphine and obviously there are other opioids we can throw in here to compare with as well.
I recently had an outpatient surgery and fentanyl was administered on me! Boy oh Boy I see why its dangerous. I’ve never felt so great in my life when it came to a drug! They gave me 100 micrograms of that stuff and I felt NOTHING!!! Literally 😩
I had one shot of Fentanyl. I was in the ER with a kidney stone that I thought was going to kill me.
It was a life saver. I walked out of that ER.
And yes it’s 100 times stronger than morphine. But that’s per milligram. We give fentanyl in MICROGRAMS.
During my fentanyl addiction, I’d go through withdrawl about 3 or 4 times everyday and I always woke up in the middle of the night to get high
When I had brain cancer after each surgery 11 total they gave me fentanyl and dillauded and Percocet and on a dillauded pump in my room,I was off of drugs when I went into the hospital, the hospital actually got me hooked on opiates again and of course they deny it all 💯💯🤔👍👍😎
RIP to Mac Miller, angel lost to fentanyl
Smoked those transdermal patches for years and man did that shit becomes my daddy. Sept 17th will be 3 years
As a paramedic I can vouch for Fentanyl. Medical grade fentanyl works great in an EMS setting, when given correctly.
Fentanyl was born in the U.S., created by U.S. pharmaceutical companies or used by, for pain in medical operations
Three weeks ago my nephew died from fentanyl....
I'm so sorry.My 15 yrs old niece died from it two years ago.
RIP. So sorry. In April one of my nephews died from an overdose. Fentanyl and Heroin are no joke. They're destroying families and lives. My sincere condolensces.
it's heartbreaking to hear about your losses my heart goes out to you guys
Sorry for your loss.
Shawn Jones im very sorry my friend 😞
I know two people close to me that died from fentanyl. Grew up with both of them, they were 1 and 2 years ahead of me in school. First one died from a laced batch of coke, the other from a fake pill. I will only ever recommend weed and psychedelics. Everything else, to me, is not worth the risk.
fentanyl laced coke? man that's fucked up, really fucked up... especially when you consider how many times people redose with coke
The Baltimore special to make your grass better👍🏽
I'm surprised he didn't mention carfentanil. The much more powerful analog of Fentanyl 10,000 times
I had to pause this video to say this... this man just said because it has a short duration or whatever, that makes it NOT good for street use but that's EXACTLY why they're putting it in everything, so you compulsively need it again and again
Logic: I'll improve the opioid epidemic by making it cheaper.
My dear friend was given controlled dosages of Fentanyl during her radiation it was the only way she could stand the pain and pressure of the radioactive sleeve getting ripped out of her cervix after treatment.
Did he die from it? 😂😂😂🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
Didn't make him sound very bright 🤔
I was prescribed fentanyl patches. The withdrawal is miserable
I have cronic pain from surgery and it stinks but pain meds don't cure pain just help deal with it
I'm literally smoking a Fentanyl laced pill right now as I watch this lol
I was taking fentanyl for awhile not even knowing it. I thought it was a painkiller called tramadol. But when they came in regular packs I didn’t feel that much. But when they were red and never had a packaging, i would get suuuper fucked up. And overdose around 8 times bad in a year. But i was so dumb that I didn’t know until over a year after that it was fentanyl in them. But at that time I wouldn’t have cared anyway. But it’s in alot of shit because it just hits different
This is why all drugs CANNOT be legalized. If all drugs were legal, that would include fetanyl and carfentanil, which are deadly as a grain of rice. People have really illogical ideas.
There should be a waiver done. A legal contract stating "I ______ am willing and knowingly ingesting Fentanyl, and if i die it is due from MY NEGLECT ONLY" people drink the rotten urine of a microbe called alcohol. If they die of liver disease. That is THERE FAULT. You dont see the liquor companies getting arrested or prosecuted
My doc put me on fentanyl patches 4 years ago (prolapsed disc in my back and arthritis in my hands). I'm only just getting off it now and it's f00king horrible. I was on 100micgrams/hr at it's max).
Stomach cramps, cold sweats, really bad nausea. I've been getting taken off this stuff for like 4 months or something, still got a month or so to go. Couldn't bloody remember a f00king thing for like 3 years, but my memory does seem to be getting better as the dosage gets lower. Still in a load of pain but at least I'm getting my life back. Don't take this stuff...
Belly 25021109 kratom, look into it
Fentanyl was never intended to be used outside its narrow window of use, surgery. The fact that it has a very short potent duration is why it was used in surgery. In most hospitals in the US even a physician like myself can't prescribe this drug. It doesn't have a use in my field of practice. The problem isn't the drug it's miss use of the drug.
The same accusation can be made of nearly any opitate narcotic drug however some pain is uncontrollable without the use of the potent drugs. Drugs like Demerol and morphine are very addictive but they also control pain where other drugs fail.
It's those who take these drugs and use them illegally that presents the problem not the drugs themselves. Fentanyl has a very limited use but has a ligitmate use.
His should talk about how they alter the molecular structure to convert it into fentanyl
Get all our plants back! Now!
This guy is very intellectual when it comes it drugs especially pot. Pot is addicting but people don’t think of it like alcohol or meth. It is more like a nicotine withdrawal from pot it’s not pleasant but very easily done if you are strong enough mentally
We used to find inmates all rigored up(rigor mortis) from od’ing on “heron”, fentynyl was just starting to pop up back then. These stupid mofos would snort raw heron cut wiff ‘fent’, drop, turn blue, (if we found them in time) immediately. Decade later after I retired, I had a heart attack, pain was bad, doc said 100 mgs pf fentynyl, it didn’t do shit but get me feeling good but pain was still there. Doc said “No pain med will touch pain from a heart attack, you sir are having a heart attack”. My story enjoy.
And still the drug companies not one single person has been jailed
It's the drug version of the GFC...again, nobody jailed...in fact, more profitable than ever...
What a surprise?....it's the same people
3:38 damn that's worth knowing