What are the street names of fentanyl?

Tablets believed to be laced with fentanyl are displayed at the Drug Enforcement Administration Northeast Regional Laboratory on October 8, 2019 in New York. – According to US government data, about 32,000 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2018. That accounts for 46 percent of all fatal overdoses. Fentanyl, a powerful painkiller approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for a range of conditions, has been central to the American opioid crisis which began in the late 1990s. (Photo by Don EMMERT / AFP) (Photo by DON EMMERT/AFP via Getty Images)

by: Dara Bitler

Posted: Feb 25, 2022 / 12:24 PM MST

Updated: Feb 25, 2022 / 12:24 PM MST

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DENVER (KDVR) — The investigation continues into the into the five suspected overdose deaths in Commerce City.

There are several names floating around on what people are calling illicitly manufactured fentanyl.

Here are some of the street names of fentanyl, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:

Apache
Dance Fever
Friend
Goodfellas
Jackpot
Murder 8
Tango & Cash

These are some of the street names of fentanyl, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency:

Apache
China Girl
China Town
China White
Dance Fever
Goodfellas
Great Bear
He-Man
Poison
Tango & Cash

The National Institutes of Health said these are the street names of fentanyl:

Apache
China Girl
China White
Dance Fever
Friend
Goodfella
Jackpot
Murder 8
Tango and Cash
TNT

In prescription form, fentanyl is known by the following names, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse:

Actiq
Duragesic
Sublimaze

The C DC says rates of overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids other than methadone, which includes fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, continue to rise.