Weekly Dose: Fentanyl, the anaesthetic that may have been used as a chemical weapon on Chechen rebels

Weekly Dose: fentanyl, the anaesthetic that may have been used as a chemical weapon on Chechen rebelsNial Wheate, University of SydneyFentanyl is a synthetic analgesic (pain relieving) drug in the same class as morphine. It is used to treat acute or chronic pain, including for epidurals given to women during childbirth.It is thought that in