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An Opioid That's One Thousand Times More Potent Than Morphine Is Approved at Height of Opioid Addiction Crisis

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  • The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the most potent opioid to date, Dsuvia (sufentanil), which is 1,000 times stronger than morphine, 50 times more potent than heroin and 10 times stronger than the synthetic opioid fentanyl

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