Fentanyl patches (Duragesic, etc) are causing deaths

October 2007

Fentanyl patches (Duragesic, etc) are causing deaths...still.

Fentanyl is a potent pain medicine. It's used in a patch form in people that have severe, ongoing pain...such as patients with cancer or other chronic conditions.

It's a C-II so it's likely stored along with some other controlled medications in a locked cabinet in your pharmacy.

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