Opioids Fentanyl>morphine

[ty50]

Does fentanyl break down into morphine. When using a patch?

 

[tacodude]

No it remains fentanyl and fentanyl metabolite.... The only thing the two share are the receptors they bind to

Edit :I'll add someone who doesn't know that should not be using fentanyl.

 

[kleinerkiffer]

No, it's not metabolised into morphine
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9311623

Piperidine N-dealkylation to norfentanyl was the predominant pathway of liver microsomal metabolism. Amide hydrolysis to despropionylfentanyl and alkyl hydroxylation to hydroxyfentanyl were comparatively minor pathways. Hydroxynorfentanyl was identified as a minor, secondary metabolite arising from N-dealkylation of hydroxyfentanyl.

 

[Rachella666]

Strange, my doctor insists that it is!

 

[ty50]

no it remains fentanyl and fentanyl metabolite.... The only thing the two share are the receptors they bind to

edit :i'll add someone who doesn't know that should not be using fentanyl.

i do not use it. Sa.

 

[keeping]

Strange, my doctor insists that it is!

it really is remarkable how ignorant some medical professionals can be sometimes.
i once had a support worker who insisted that subutex was just orange flavoured methadone pills, needless to say i schooled the fuck out of her :D