he's on 50 mg of fentanyl and now he has the lortab for break through pain. He was having the most pain on Sat. which is when he first used the patch, so I think it took that amount of time to release and get into his blood stream. He's much better now being able to use both. Thanks for the advice.

Caregiver to husband 53 SCC stage 3 soft palate 2011 Rad, recurrence tongue stage 4 2012 induction chemo, partial glossectomy surgery, cancer back left rad neck dissection 2013, more chemo, allergic to erbitux, cancer back 2014 floor of mouth and jaw, mandibulectomy scheduled 3/5/2014