Health and Fitness

Prince’s Tragic Fentanyl Overdose – Here’s What You Need to Know About Fentanyl

NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–June 2, 2016

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By: Kevin Franciotti

The toxicology results from music legend Prince’s tragic death last month are now public, and the media are  focusing on what for many is a new word – fentanyl. It appears likely that Prince ingested it and tragically died some time later.

So what is fentanyl?

Fentanyl is a potent painkiller originally synthesized in the 1960’s as part of a class of novel opioids. At first, fentanyl was…

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