He had a "PCA"
Duragesic patches
Using an epidural catheter
How an epidural is put in
Specific drugs tried
I made him promise
No alternative methods
Using a pump
When he came home he had oral medication and he had a type of medication that was taped to the skin called duragesic patches. The name of that drug is Fentanyl. In order to get him comfortable it took the whole week to reach the dosage he needed. That was about 175 micrograms. Every day we went up 25, 25, 25. By the time we got to 175 micrograms my husband was comfortable, but completely out of it. He was like a zombie. We couldn't get him out of bed. All he could do was sleep.
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