Thread: Is Anyone on the Pain Med. Fentenayl?
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Old 04-05-2008, 06:39 PM
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...My visit to the dr. wednesday he prescribed Fentenayl 25mg. When I
put the patch on within 20 min. my head felt like it was going to blow.
Started having palpitations which have been under control with heart med.


Joyce I'm sorry to hear that you feel so bad, but it sounds like you could be having a reaction to the medication. Have a look at the following list of side effects and you'll see that headache and cardiac arrythmias are listed.

http://www.rxlist.com/cgi/generic/fentanyl_ad.htm

The headache is one I tend to get with most narcotics, and you have to remember that Fentanyl is a very potent one. My head actually felt like it was burst right open when I was given Pethidine, and that certainly was no fun!
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