From CBC News:
U.S. health officials say improper use of patches that emit the painkiller fentanyl is still killing people.
Today's warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is the second concerning the powerful narcotic in two years.
The FDA blames some of the deaths on the patches being improperly prescribed to certain patients. Fentanyl should be used to control chronic pain in people already used to narcotics, such as some cancer patients. Yet the FDA has found cases where doctors prescribed it for headaches or post-surgical pain. ...more
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