Is taking Fentanyl 800mcg lollipops appropriate for back pain?


By mary crandall from Tamoa on January 16, 2006
Category: Fentanyl citrate

My husband is an RN and tends to overmedicate himself for various ailments. I am concerned because I recently found a Fentanyl 800 mcg lollipop in the wastebasket that he was trying to conceal. Is this a drug that would be commonly used for back pain?
thank you
Mary Crandall



Yes. Fentanyl itrate Is Used In Hospital Setting To Relieve Pain


Fentanyl itrate followup

This medicine is used in clinical settings as a supplement in general or regional anesthesia. Combined with droperidol for preanesthetic medication, induction of anesthesia, or as adjunct in maintenance of general or regional anesthesia.

Combined with oxygen for anesthesia in high-risk clients undergoing open heart surgery, orthopedic procedures, or complicated neurologic procedures. It is of the Narcotic analgesic, morphine type family of drugs.


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