Wow that’s impressive and scary at the same time.
Wife broke her back seven years ago - since that time she’s been using Lidocaine patches (5%) which have helped greatly in handling her residual pain - until earlier this year when Medicare suddenly decided to no longer pay for them except in very limited diagnoses for which my wife doesn’t qualify (even after letters of appeal from her doctor and herself) - the only other choice on the formulary which Medicare would cover was fentanyl patches - wife tried them once, had serious reaction within two hours including nausea and extreme drowsiness - her orthopedic doctor almost hit the roof when he heard this was the only choice left open to her, saying fentanyl is a very powerful anesthesia and unpredictable except in qualified hands - so it’s back to purchasing Lidocaine patches via prescription at $125 for a month’s supply for us - maybe a clue as to why deaths from fentanyl are on the rise - thanks, Medicare......