The Fentanyl Crisis: How to Protect Yourself and Your Family with Dr. Roneet Lev

<p><span id="page3R_mcid3" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">One pill can kill. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 150</span> <span dir= "ltr" role="presentation">deaths per day are caused by synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl.</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">Fentanyl</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">, which is 50 to 100</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">stronger than morphine,</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">is fueling the opioid crisis</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">and i</span><span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">n just the past year</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">alone</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">, more than</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">110,000 people in the US have died from synthetic opioid overdoses.</span></span> <span id="page3R_mcid6" class="markedContent"><span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">In this episode of</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">San Diego Health</span><span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">, host Susan Taylor and Ron</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">ee</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">t Lev, MD, an emergency</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">medicine physician and th</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">e director of the emergency department at Scripps Mercy Hospital,</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">talk about ways to protect your loved ones from a potentially deadly fentanyl overdose.</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">Dr. Lev</span> <span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">also explains how illicit fentanyl could be masquerading as other medications</span><span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">, which could lan</span><span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">d</span> <span dir="ltr" role="presentation">users in the hospital</span><span dir="ltr" role= "presentation">—</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">or worse</span><span dir="ltr" role="presentation">.</span></span></p>