Fabulous Fearsome Fentanyl

A WC-ALL Table Talk

June 27
10:00-11:15am

With retired cardiologist and WC-ALL Instructor, Ray Vergne.

Free for members.
$10 for non-members.

Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid drug approved for use as an analgesic and anesthetic but now in the news for its widespread misuse as a street drug.  This talk will cover the history of fentanyl, its chemistry and pharmacology, its use in medicine, and the contemporary crisis of overdoses.

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Ray Vergne is a retired cardiologist and frequent WC-ALL instructor whose interests also include the humanities and fine arts.