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Heddi

(18,312 posts)
28. It is freaky
Tue May 16, 2017, 09:04 AM
May 2017

I worked for years in an ER and saw little old ladies who weighed ~110 lbs with a broken femur or humerus who took 10x's more pain meds to knock them out than the addict in the next bed. Pain is an amazing thing, and our bodies don't read the same physiology text books that we do, apparently. Sonsabitches. Would make life a lot easier if they did rofl



So for patients who have really crazy wound care, or other painful procedures that are done regularly, we would give them fentanyl lollipops. They'd suck on one before the procedure, and then another one or two during the procedure. Those were really popular to steal when someone would get access to the medication dispensing system. All the fentanyl lollipops gone. They were clear and supposedly tasted like bubblegum

Signed,

Heddi, who is comatose after 1 dose of nyquil

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If it is this potent, how do drug dealers even work with it? Chemisse May 2017 #1
Very carefully Bradical79 May 2017 #5
That makes sense. Chemisse May 2017 #6
I think this is the same stuff that killed 11 people in Canada? forgotmylogin May 2017 #17
Aye my mother wore the same patches before she died and we handled them carefully. cstanleytech May 2017 #18
I'm pretty careful. forgotmylogin May 2017 #22
Ya we used to use the square ones but they switched her to these really long rectangular cstanleytech May 2017 #27
My local news reported it was actually Carfentanyl Bradical79 May 2017 #2
Wow malaise May 2017 #3
It's crazy powerful and dangerous Lee-Lee May 2017 #4
Holy wow! Just from 'touching' it? WePurrsevere May 2017 #7
My mom uses it because she hit the limit of oxycodone she could handle for spinal stenosis. forgotmylogin May 2017 #19
So it's a legit RX drug too... WePurrsevere May 2017 #25
He could have rolled around naked Soxfan58 May 2017 #8
+1000000! SammyWinstonJack May 2017 #10
How was the suspect "covered with" it, but not affected by it? Orrex May 2017 #9
on clothes instead of skin? IronLionZion May 2017 #11
I guess, but... Orrex May 2017 #12
Might have built up a tolerance, or wore protective gloves/mask IronLionZion May 2017 #15
Probably correct. Yikes! (nt) Orrex May 2017 #16
you would think some would have gotten on some exposed skin someplace rurallib May 2017 #13
Leaky bag? Quick thumping of seat cushions during a search? forgotmylogin May 2017 #20
RN here-- repeated use can allow a tolerance for fentanyl Heddi May 2017 #21
No shit? That's freaky! Orrex May 2017 #23
It is freaky Heddi May 2017 #28
So the suspect, who was covered in this power.. padfun May 2017 #14
See RN's post above. nt stevenleser May 2017 #26
Heard about this last week. It can be breathed in as well underpants May 2017 #24
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