Abstract:Fentanyl is a synthetic L-opioid receptor agonist, approximately 100 times more potent than morphine, that is experiencing an upward trend in the field of abuse. Fentanyl patches’ abusive consumption can occur either by transdermal absorption or through other atypical and ingenious routes. In the present case, a 29-year-old man with a history of illicit drug use was found dead in a suburban neighborhood of an Italian city. At autopsy, lungs appeared increased in weight and showed minute subpleural hemorrhages.… Show more
“…Manetti and Coll. present a fatality involving an atypical transdermal patch consumption [ 2 ], starting from the results of a case report revealing the presence of fentanyl in a man with a history of illicit drug consumption. The authors review the literature on fatalities involving such synthetic opioids.…”
“…Manetti and Coll. present a fatality involving an atypical transdermal patch consumption [ 2 ], starting from the results of a case report revealing the presence of fentanyl in a man with a history of illicit drug consumption. The authors review the literature on fatalities involving such synthetic opioids.…”
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