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UpdatedFetanyl is a great pain medication but it is used primarily for major pain: i.e. IV's or post op surgical pain pump med (if morphine or dilaudid does not work) and/ or to get extremely acute pain under control. Cancer patients use the Fetanyl lollipops for break thru pain and it is one of those medications that I am glad to know is out there but I would avoid using it because for those of us with chronic pain that take meds daily for years and have built up a tolerance to pain meds. We need to have something that offers relief if pain escalates or if major surgery is needed. It can be difficult to get pain relief if you find should develop pain that is a level 7 or higher that is unrelenting. The IV's, pumps (after surgery or end of life pain) with Fetanyl are great, but I did not find the patches to be very helpful frankly. I am really surprised that your doctor put you on Fetanyl if your pain pills were working - unless they had Tylenol in them, but even then there are several other choices in pill form that are more than sufficient. Also Fetanyl will also increase your tolerance to stronger opiates and for a chronic pain patients that is NOT a good idea. As for OXY; morphine, dilauded - you need a pain specialist to prescribe those as the milligrams are not all equal - a 4mg dilaudid is stronger than a 10 ml oxy but it also makes you tired. I would change doctors if possible.
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