Furanylfentanyl

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Furanylfentanyl (also known as Fu-F) is an opioid analgesic that is an analog of fentanyl and has been sold as a designer drug. It has an ED50 value of 0.02mg/kg in mice, making it approximately one fifth as potent as fentanyl.

History[edit | edit source]

Furanylfentanyl was first synthesized and patented in Japan in 1986. It was identified in the United States in 2015 and has been increasingly encountered by law enforcement agencies in the US since then.

Pharmacology[edit | edit source]

Like fentanyl, furanylfentanyl is a potent agonist of the mu-opioid receptor. It has been associated with numerous cases of overdose and death.

Legal status[edit | edit source]

In the United States, furanylfentanyl was placed into Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act in 2016. The substance is also controlled in China as of 2017.

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