Brenda, The REAL horror story would have been life WITHOUT the Fentanyl patches!!!!
As I have stated before Fentanyl is perfectly safe and efficacious as long as it is used as directed (explicitly). There are always going to be a very few who have an adverse reaction to one drug or another. But if you DO use then do NOT just "stop". They require a careful phaseout with orders from a physician. I and many others I know would have found the pain intolerable without it. It IS the ultimate pain killer.
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** 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) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
