The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a powerful new opioid, Dsuvia, saying it would side with its advisory panel—despite some groups saying it’s bad timing to approve a new opioid amid rampant abuse and overdoses across the United States.
Reports have noted the drug is several times stronger than fentanyl, which has been blamed for a spike in opioid-related overdoses and deaths in recent years. Fentanyl is up to 100 times more potent than morphine, and many times that of heroin. See here for a visual example of a deadly dose of heroin and that of fentanyl.
