{"id":64160,"date":"2025-09-19T12:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T07:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=64160"},"modified":"2025-09-19T15:04:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T09:34:12","slug":"fentanyl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/fentanyl\/","title":{"rendered":"Fentanyl"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Fentanyl Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The United States recently revoked and denied visas to \u201ccertain business executives and corporate leadership\u201d from India for their alleged involvement in trafficking fentanyl precursor chemicals.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Fentanyl<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>potent synthetic opioid<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> like morphine or heroin.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>both a prescribed drug and a drug<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that is at times <\/span><b>made and used illegally.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>made entirely in laboratories,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> with <\/span><b>no natural ingredients.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>developed as a prescription medicine for treating severe pain,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as pain after surgery.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When used as prescribed, it is also very <\/span><b>effective in treating cancer pain <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or <\/span><b>other types of severe chronic pain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that don\u2019t respond to other pain medicines.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is also <\/span><b>used with other medicines <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">just <\/span><b>before or during an operation to help the anesthetic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (numbing medicine) work better.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is approximately<\/span><b> 100 times more potent than morphine <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>50 times more potent than heroin as an analgesic.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>acts in the central nervous system (CNS) <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">or brain <\/span><b>to relieve pain.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of its <\/span><b>side effects<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are <\/span><b>also caused by actions in the CNS,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> such as <\/span><b>drowsiness or dizziness.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fentanyl is <\/span><b>addictive<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Like other opioids, <\/span><b>repeated use<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> causes changes in brain activity that <\/span><b>cause people to continue using it<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> even when they <\/span><b>experience harmful effects.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fentanyl is<\/span><b> cheap for drug dealers to make <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">into a street drug, compared to other opioids, <\/span><b>but it is more powerful.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because <\/span><b>only a few grains is enough to kill, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fentanyl is causing <\/span><b>high rates of overdose and overdose deaths.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>What are Opioids?<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The term \u201copioids\u201d includes <\/span><b>compounds <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">that are<\/span><b> extracted from the poppy plant <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Papaver somniferum) <\/span><b>as well as semisynthetic and synthetic compounds with similar properties<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that can<\/span><b> interact with opioid receptors in the brain.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Opioids are<\/span><b> commonly used for the treatment of pain<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and include medicines such as <\/span><b>morphine, fentanyl, and tramadol.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their <\/span><b>non-medical use, prolonged use,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> misuse, and use without medical supervision can <\/span><b>lead to opioid dependence<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and other health problems.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Due to their pharmacological effects, opioids<\/span><b> can cause breathing difficulties,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>opioid overdose can lead to death.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Apart from fentanyl, other well-known opioids include o<b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">xycodone, morphine, codeine, and heroin.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newindianexpress.com\/world\/2025\/Sep\/18\/us-revokes-visas-of-indian-executives-linked-to-fentanyl-trafficking\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NIE<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid like morphine or heroin. 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