What is Fentanyl?

Fentanyl was first developed the in the 1960s and is an extremely powerful painkiller, which does not respond like ordinary painkillers. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid analgesic that is like morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. Fentanyl binds to the body's opioid receptors, increasing dopamine levels in the central nervous system. [...]