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... in response to Morphine patches create addiction
  1. Do you mean 'Fentanyl Patch'?
    Becca Becca Canada says:
    July 12, 2011 at 4:11 AM

    I am a chronic pain patient, who is very familiar with the world of opioid & synthetic opioid pain medications. The Fentanyl Patch is a synthetic opioid. It is not morphine. Unfortunately, there is no morphine patch, which is disappointing because Fentanyl can be much more cognitively and physically impairing. Morphine manages pain nearly as well, yet taken in it's traditional form, tablet, can often lead to nausea/vomiting, bowel and urinary tract issues, rebound headache/migraine, itchiness, and insomnia, aside from prolactin swings, weight gain/loss, dizziness etc.

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