Fentanyl Urine Drug Test
We have received a surge of requests for fentanyl drug tests in Australia, as the fentanyl abuse epidemic in the United States begins to appear locally.
What is Fentanyl?
Fentanyl is an extremely fast‑acting synthetic narcotic analgesic. It is approximately 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin, which is why it poses such a significant risk.
History of Fentanyl
Fentanyl was first developed in the 1960s as a surgical anaesthetic. In the 1990s it became widely used for chronic pain management, delivered via lozenges or slow‑release skin patches.
Why is Fentanyl So Dangerous?
Beyond its extreme potency, fentanyl is dangerous because it is far cheaper for drug traffickers to obtain compared to heroin. To increase profits, dealers often cut heroin with fentanyl — sometimes without the user’s knowledge — dramatically increasing the risk of accidental overdose by suppressing the ability to breathe.
This is how singer‑songwriter Prince died; a toxicology report confirmed fentanyl overdose.
This image shows a potentially lethal dose of each drug side by side:
A lethal dose of heroin requires roughly 50 times more than fentanyl, and 100 times more than carfentanil — an even more powerful synthetic opioid approximately 10,000 times stronger than morphine and used as an elephant tranquilliser.
In Australia
According to a 60 Minutes report, fentanyl‑related deaths in Australia increased by 2000% in 2018, with around 1,000 people dying from overdose that year.
Preventing the spread of this dangerous drug in Australia is critical.
Like all drug testing devices, non‑negative results must be confirmed in a laboratory using gas chromatography/mass spectrometry (GC/MS).
