The two sides of fentanyl at Parkland Hospital

An opioid that doctors relied on to treat pain has become a public health crisis. THE BIG STORY Dallas Parkland Hospital allowed four journalists from The Dallas Morning News to see how they handle the drug, its prescription for patients in pain and overdose care on a day-to-day basis as part of our monthlong reporting series on the fentanyl crisis. [A pharmacy technician carries fentanyl through Dallas Parkland Hosital in a lockbox.]( A pharmacy technician walks through Parkland Memorial Hospital’s main in-patient pharmacy Tuesday with a lockbox of fentanyl to be delivered to an ICU unit. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) [Fentanyl's blessing and ruin: Inside a 12-hour shift at Dallas' Parkland Hospital]( Some cardiac arrest patients are prescribed fentanyl for pain relief and for calming sedation. Some babies in the neonatal intensive care unit are given fentanyl in impossibly tiny doses for invasive procedures. Pregnant mothers seek treatment for their fentanyl addiction. [Dallas Parkland Hospital]( lives with the contradictions of fentanyl every day. For decades, doctors have relied on the opioid to treat patients' pain. But now, illicit use of the drug has become a public health crisis the hospital is trying to combat. [READ MORE]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn]( [YouTube]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Account Login]( | [Help Center]( [Terms of Service]( | [Manage Preferences]( | [Unsubscribe]( The Dallas Morning News 1954 Commerce Street Dallas, TX 75201 © Copyright 2023