Opioid abuse treatment in works targets Fentanyl [FOX Business Network]
Opiant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OPNT)
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Opiant Pharmaceuticals ( OPNT ), the company that invented the Narcan spray, is developing what it says is longer-lasting treatment nasal treatment for abusers of the opioid Fentanyl. Continue Reading Below Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid similar to morphine but 50 to 100 times more potent. It is typically used to treat severe pain. The new nasal spray will be used to save the lives of opioid abusers, according to Dr. Roger Crystal, Opiant Pharmaceuticals’ CEO. “The idea is very similar to how Narcan works,” he told FOX Business’ Stuart Varney on “Varney & Co.” “It gets them breathing again.” Opioid addiction has become an epidemic in the United States. The 42,249 opioid overdose deaths in 2016 were five times higher than in 1999, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. According to Crystal, the product has a longer half-life, which allows it to protect the longer-acting effects of Fentanyl. “The big concern is, because Fentan
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