Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 Fentanyl patch deadly drug fad Last Update: 12/27/2006 7:22:21 PM - Print This Story <javascript:window.print();> - Email This Story<javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$CommonPage$CommonBo\ dy$CommonContent$CommonLeftColumn$Main$ctl00$_$EmailStory','')> [image: Video] Watch This Video<http://www.wpsdtv.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=575> Noah Bond, NewsChannel6 It's called Fentanyl. The prescription drug is a powerful pain relief patch supposed to be worn on the skin for three days. Some are actually chewing up the patch to absorb the powerful drug in one single dose. The drug affects the nervous system, shutting off the pain signals the body sends to the brain. The underground world loves this sensation. One of its most recent victims died in the Paducah Indian Oaks Mobile Home Park. It does not discriminate against age, so far its killed as young as 20 and as old as 60. The patch is simple, clear, and plain. A Paducah pharmacist at Drugs, Marshall says, " We give quiet a bit of it. A lot of cancer patients need pain control. People with chronic pain need pain control. " But the McCraken County Sheriff, Jon Hayden, says it can pack a powerful and lethal punch if chewed. " I responded to a death scene where there were actually two people there deceased and upon conducting an examination of the body there as the scene with the coroner in the months of one of the victims looked like a waded up piece of plastic. " Since March, 4 Fentanyl patch abusers died in McCraken County. Another two died, just southeast in Marshall County. " The body functions starts to shut down the respiratory system starts to shut down and then of course the heart will stop eventually, " says McCraken County Coroner, Dan Sims. Apparently, the deaths alone are not enough to stop the demand for this drug. At Drugs a box of Fentanyl patches each cost about $20.00. The patches in a more potent box cost $70.00. On the street they're going on the black market for $100.00. Today the McCracken County Sheriff is pleading with the public to stop abusing this drug, because if things don't change, it'll only be a matter of time before it kills again. Everyone who died from using this drug in McCracken county had other drugs in their systems as well. The McCracken County Coroner says in every case the mixture of drugs are so powerful, they're shutting down the bodies vital organs. -- ~*~~*~ Happy Holidays from me and my family to you and yours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 28, 2006 Report Share Posted December 28, 2006 My Mama uses these patches 75 mg. I have been sending her info like this. Her B\p has started going up for some reason and I found a article the other day that said the Dura-Gesic would cause high B\P. As well as the terrible night sweats she has. ~:~Jena~:~ My Home Page My E-mail about fentanyl/duragesic Fentanyl patch deadly drug fad Last Update: 12/27/2006 7:22:21 PM - Print This Story <javascript:window.print();> - Email This Story<javascript:__doPostBack('ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$ctl00$CommonPage$CommonBo\ dy$CommonContent$CommonLeftColumn$Main$ctl00$_$EmailStory','')> [image: Video] Watch This Video<http://www.wpsdtv.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=575> Noah Bond, NewsChannel6 It's called Fentanyl. The prescription drug is a powerful pain relief patch supposed to be worn on the skin for three days. Some are actually chewing up the patch to absorb the powerful drug in one single dose. The drug affects the nervous system, shutting off the pain signals the body sends to the brain. The underground world loves this sensation. One of its most recent victims died in the Paducah Indian Oaks Mobile Home Park. It does not discriminate against age, so far its killed as young as 20 and as old as 60. The patch is simple, clear, and plain. A Paducah pharmacist at Drugs, Marshall says, " We give quiet a bit of it. A lot of cancer patients need pain control. People with chronic pain need pain control. " But the McCraken County Sheriff, Jon Hayden, says it can pack a powerful and lethal punch if chewed. " I responded to a death scene where there were actually two people there deceased and upon conducting an examination of the body there as the scene with the coroner in the months of one of the victims looked like a waded up piece of plastic. " Since March, 4 Fentanyl patch abusers died in McCraken County. Another two died, just southeast in Marshall County. " The body functions starts to shut down the respiratory system starts to shut down and then of course the heart will stop eventually, " says McCraken County Coroner, Dan Sims. Apparently, the deaths alone are not enough to stop the demand for this drug. At Drugs a box of Fentanyl patches each cost about $20.00. The patches in a more potent box cost $70.00. On the street they're going on the black market for $100.00. Today the McCracken County Sheriff is pleading with the public to stop abusing this drug, because if things don't change, it'll only be a matter of time before it kills again. Everyone who died from using this drug in McCracken county had other drugs in their systems as well. The McCracken County Coroner says in every case the mixture of drugs are so powerful, they're shutting down the bodies vital organs. -- ~*~~*~ Happy Holidays from me and my family to you and yours! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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