Fentanyl
"I have low back pain for 15 years with severe chronic pain for the last 5 years. Like many other posts I have been on many different pain medicines from Lortab to Oxycodone. In 2008 I had 4 discs fused to relieve my most severe pain. Two weeks ago I started pain management being prescribed the Fentanyl patch and Oxycodone for breakthrough pain. The Fentanyl patch has been great. I don%u2019t have the ups and downs in pain because I forgot to take the pills at a certain time. My pain is well controlled with little breakthrough pain and the side effects are far less than the oxycodone alone. I wish I had this a year ago. I see bright days ahead."