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(49,199 posts) Sat Sep 11, 2021, 12:32 PM Sep 2021

Fentanyl? [View all]

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? [View all] 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