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Fentanyl

CAS 437-38-7

Also registered as 2 other CAS numbers

201415-26-1 · 80832-90-2

Fentanyl chemical structure

Concern score

Not assessed — no hazard data yet.

Fentanyl in plain language

What it is

Also known as Fentanyl cii · Durogesic d-trans · EN3267 · Fendrop · Fentanest · Matrifen

Show all 35 names

Phentanyl · Propanamide, N-PHENYL-N-(1-(2-PHENYLETHYL)-4-PIPERIDINYL) · Sublimase · 1-Phenethyl-4-(N-phenylpropionamido)piperidine · 1-Phenethyl-4-N-propionylanilinopiperidine · AD-923 · Duragesic · Duragesic-100 · Duragesic-12 · Duragesic-25 · Duragesic-50 · Duragesic-75 · Durogesic · EN-3267 · Fentanil · Fentanyl-12 · Fentanyl-25 · Fentanyl-50 · Fentanyl-75 · Fentanylum · Fentora · IDS-NF-001 · N-(1-PHENETHYLPIPERIDIN-4-YL)-N-PHENYLPROPIONAMIDE · N02AB03 · Pecfent · R-4263 · Recuvyra · fentanila · Tranq component fentanyl

What it does

We don't have a plain-language description for Fentanyl yet.

Recorded functional uses: Pharmaceutical

Is it a concern?
We haven't assessed a concern score for this ingredient yet.

Regulation

No restrictions found. Fentanyl appears in these published regulatory listings.

  • In marketed US drugs

Recorded in these product areas

  • Found in consumer products
  • Industrial
  • USEPAcommercial use observedEPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pharmaceutical.
    • EPA CPDat observed this chemical in 0 composition records across product categories including unclassified products. EPA CPDat classifies this chemical for functional uses including Pharmaceutical.Source →
  • USFDAmarketed drug occurrenceFDA NDC lists this ingredient in 36 active drug products and 36 total products.
    • FDA NDC lists this ingredient in 36 active drug products and 36 total products.Source →
  • USFDAlisted in openFDA substanceopenFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.
    • openFDA substance registry classifies this ingredient as chemical.Source →

Evidence & sources

No graded research studies for Fentanyl yet. This record is compiled from the published data sources below — registries and regulatory listings, not study findings.

6 data sources

Where this comes from

  • EPA Chemical and Products Database

    exposure · updated September 2018

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  • EPA DSSTox Identifiers

    chemistry · updated 2025-12-29

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  • FDA National Drug Code Directory

    regulatory · updated 2027-12-31

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  • FDA GSRS UNII

    registry · updated 2026-02-26

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  • openFDA Substance

    registry · updated 2026-05-24

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  • PubChem Live Enrichment

    chemistry · updated 2026-05-17

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Reference links (14)
Openfda substance

deadiversion.usdoj.gov

Openfda substance

clinicaltrials.gov

Openfda substance

federalregister.gov

Openfda substance

en.wikipedia.org

Openfda substance

en.wikipedia.org

Openfda substance

accessdata.fda.gov

Openfda substance

ncit.nci.nih.gov

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Suitability

Context-specific fit derived from published classifications and the current ingredient evidence profile.

Fragrance avoidance

Nothing to weigh for this context yet.

No signal in this context

We have no published hazard signal for this ingredient, so we cannot say how it behaves in this context — that is missing evidence, not a clean result.

Where it has been recorded

How often FDA National Drug Code directory has listed Fentanyl in a product composition. These are source records, not Greenveil catalog products.

Source records

36

Typical roles

Pharmaceutical
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