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The History of Medicine

5.17 - A Genus of German Drugs

Mar 23, 2022
08:17

This episode, we catch up on some developments in the world of opioids while we've been away from it. Oxycodone gets developed, and plays a role in World War II. Methadone is discovered, and ironically becomes a treatment for opioid addiction, and finally, fentanyl is created and abused. 

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