Thanks Leslie and Gary for this valuable information.

My Dad is on Fentanyl (50 mcg's with Percocet for the break through pain - about every 3 hours). While the doctors can explain how to use this drug, I think Gary's post put it into the simplest of laymans terms. I plan to call Mom here in a bit and read it to her. Thanks for putting it into words that we can all understand. I really liked how you did the comparison to other drugs.

Merry Christmas!

Joy