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Fentanyl

"Fentanyl" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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A potent narcotic analgesic, abuse of which leads to habituation or addiction. It is primarily a mu-opioid agonist. Fentanyl is also used as an adjunct to general anesthetics, and as an anesthetic for induction and maintenance. (From Martindale, The Extra Pharmacopoeia, 30th ed, p1078)


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Fentanyl" by people in this website by year, and whether "Fentanyl" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 14 publications over 13 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2003
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