Because of the drug’s high relapse rate, individuals suffering from addiction to fentanyl are likely to suffer another overdose, and each overdose leaves brain damage.
Dr. Shawn Varney, an emergency medicine physician at UT Health San Antonio, said the synthetic opioid enters the brain quickly. That’s why fentanyl overdoses are common.
“Usually, they’re not breathing. They have decreased level of consciousness, meaning they’re altered or even comatose, and then they have very small pupils,” Varney said. However, even those who survive a fentanyl overdose may experience another problem.
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