Originally posted here - http://www.reddit.com/r/AgMarketplace/comments/2575y2/fentanyl_nasal_spray_from_nawlins_is_nowhere_near/
A while ago I decided to grab fentanyl nasal spray for a friend who doesn't use online marketplaces. It arrived quickly and was packaged very well. Only issue would be a small leak which got some of the solution inside the baggy. Maybe this could do why there wasn't 5mL in there; perhaps it leaked and dried up.
After receiving it my friend tried it out and said it wasn't very strong. Especially not the "70mcg per spray" advertised price. He's had a nasal spray like this before but a larger quantity. I had no reason to doubt his first hand experience but I did have reason to believe he has a tolerance. When I suggested this he told me to try it out. I was very hesitant because I rarely use opioids and fentanyl is way stronger than the hydrocodone I was used to.
I haven't used an opioid since early February so tolerance is most certainly not a factor at play here. After a single spray I didn't feel a single thing. I sprayed it in my nose and waited 20 minutes and didn't even feel off base. To avoid any possible delayed effect with compounding doses I waited a few days to try again. I tried three sprays next. This did start having an effect but it was very mild.
The first time I really got a good effect I would compare to the products listed dosage was around 6 sprays total. Three in each nostril one after another.
Two sprays from our bottle into the nose of our resident veteran of the Opioid Wars had him taking a little spontaneous nappy within minutes. Every ten minutes or so he'd shift his weight in his seat and say, simply, "Wow."
This was kind of like 6 sprays. Nowhere near close to nodding but I definitely felt the product working.
Further, based on total amount of fentanyl in the bottle there should have been around a total of 70 uses. The bottle only had about 40 uses total. If there really was 5mL, and thus 5mg, in the bottle this would mean each spray was delivering 125mcg per spray; which is almost twice as much as listed. Completely wrong because I needed almost 3 times the amount of sprays to get any noticeable effect. The advertised sprays are 70 with around 78mcg per actuation. This math works out to almost 5.4mg of product total. Either they're lying or they are mixed up.
It seems like some people are leaving reviews that list this issue. Many people have ordered this and have either finalized early or just not reviewed the product at all and just shipping. To make matters worse nawlins increased the price from around $90 to $125! Just in the past few days. This is absolutely absurd especially that since May 2nd they have been claiming to be ignoring forms of communication to try and ship every order they have.
I have no doubt that this product was once the potency it was listed for. I also have no reason to suggest nawlins is aware of this and blatantly ripping people off. Especially if they haven't been checking mail and instead just shipping orders out. Hopefully enough purchasers will inform him and something will be done. In the meantime the only thing that can be done is to spread awareness so more people don't make this mistake.
I would avoid nawlins until they are all caught up and able to once again provide, and focus on, the amazing customer support they have been known for. I doubt any other products are suffering from this but it seems absolutely silly to list themselves as "NOT GOING TO RESPOND TO EMAILS until we're caught up with all orders!" and then have a sale on alprazolam.
EDIT: The bottle is gone... Shared it with friends who don't do opioids and they also required a lot more sprays than they should have. Total the bottle got about 45 sprays...
I tried again and I took 6 sprays right away and used another six sprays 20 minutes later. Kind of garbage to happen.
This is a great review. Thank you for the info.