A report on WHO Model List of Essential Medicines, Fentanyl and Morphine

2017 marked the 40th anniversary of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines.
A localized reaction to intravenous morphine caused by histamine release in the veins
A skeletal model of the chemical structure of aspirin
A fentanyl nasal spray with a strength of 100 μg per use
Before the Morphine by Santiago Rusiñol
A skeletal model of the chemical structure of albendazole
A fentanyl transdermal patch with a release rate of 12 micrograms per hour, on a person's arm
Morphine Hydrochloride Ampoule for Veterinary Use
Pure crystals of ethambutol
US yearly overdose deaths, and some of the drugs involved. Among the more than 70,200 deaths estimated in 2017, the sharpest increase occurred among deaths related to fentanyl and fentanyl analogs (other ) with over 28,400 overdose deaths.
Latex bleeding from a freshly-scored seed pod
Two capsules of atazanavir
US yearly deaths involving other, predominantly fentanyl.
Morphine biosynthesis in the opium poppy
Bag containing one unit of fresh frozen plasma
A package of 30 tablets, 600 mcg of fentanyl, each
Chemical structure of morphine. The benzylisoquinoline backbone is shown in green.
A vial of oral cholera vaccine
Fentanyl powder (23% fentanyl) seized by a sheriff
Morphine structure showing its standard ring lettering and carbon numbering system.
Same structure, but in a three-dimensional perspective.
First generation production of alkaloids from licit latex-derived opium
Friedrich Sertürner
Advertisement for curing morphine addiction, c. 1900
An ampoule of morphine with integral needle for immediate use. Also known as a "syrette". From WWII. On display at the Army Medical Services Museum.
Example of different morphine tablets
Two capsules (5 mg & 10 mg) of morphine sulfate extended- release
1 milliliter ampoule containing 10 mg of morphine

It is around 100 times stronger than morphine and about 50 times stronger than heroin.

- Fentanyl

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

- Fentanyl

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

- Morphine

Morphine

- WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

Fentanyl

- WHO Model List of Essential Medicines

When compared to the opioids hydromorphone, fentanyl, oxycodone, and pethidine/meperidine, former addicts showed a strong preference for heroin and morphine, suggesting that heroin and morphine are particularly susceptible to abuse and addiction.

- Morphine
2017 marked the 40th anniversary of the WHO Model List of Essential Medicines.

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Naloxone

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Medication used to reverse the effects of opioids.

Medication used to reverse the effects of opioids.

A naloxone kit as distributed in British Columbia, Canada

It is on the World Health Organization's List of Essential Medicines.

In April 2021, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a higher dose naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray product (Kloxxado) intended to treat opioid overdose from fentanyl and its analogues, which are many times stronger than heroin.

Oxymorphone, in turn, was derived from morphine, an opioid analgesic and naturally occurring constituent of the opium poppy.