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The Fentanyl patch is a pain patch which relieves chronic pain by distributing powerful narcotic pain medication through a patient’s skin into his or her body fats, which slowly releases the drug into the bloodstream during a 48 to 72 hour period. The drug’s dosage is determined by the size of the patch, but some patches have been recalled because (more...)

Morphine is a strong opioid painkiller used to treat severe pain. Patients can quickly develop a tolerance to its analgesic, or pain relieving, effects—meaning dosage may be increased during long-term courses of pain management. This can increase the potential for unsafe dosages, leading to serious side effects, and even fatal overdoses, even when used as directed. If you’ve experienced the (more...)

Hydrocodone is an opioid medication available in tablet, capsule, and syrup form. The drug is prescribed to patients to treat pain or as a cough medicine. Hydrocodone is often combined with acetaminophen or ibuprofen and other non-opioid painkillers to produce other pain medications, like Vicodin and Lortab. Hydrocodone has come under increased scrutiny by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (more...)

The fentanyl pain patch relieves chronic pain by distributing powerful narcotic pain medication through a patient’s skin into his or her body fats, which slowly release the drug into the bloodstream during a 48 to 72 hour period. The drug’s dosage is determined by the size of the patch, but some patches have been recalled because of a manufacturing defect (more...)