Ed,
I also thought that I was undermedicated as I took a lot of morphine and Vicodin to supplement the patches. My throat was pretty much like yours. They can actually go up to 300mg with the patch(s). I looked at the DEA website for controlled substances a few weeks ago and Fentanyl is AKA "China White" - no wonder it worked so well...

Don't forget that all of those narcotices will also cause severe constipation issues so be sure to have a plan for that also.

Gary Allsebrook
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Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2
Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy)
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