Re: Re: [PyrNet-L] Fentanyl

[KGHUBGAS@aol.com]

In a message dated 5/14/99 10:22:36 PM, you wrote:

<<Maybe a different dosage of Fentanyl should be researched 
specifically for Pyrs due to their hyper sensitivity to narcotic painkillers, 
because I think it is an effective drug in the right dosage!!!!>>

In humans, Fentanyl patches are a Godsend. Honestly, I see many patients with 
them. So Tom has a point regarding doses. The patches come in dose-release 
sizes; perhaps a dose that would ordinarily be considered too small for the 
Pyrs weight would be a better choice. 
As far as the use of Fentanyl in other situations, it is used in conscious 
sedation of surgical patients and run into a catheter into the spinal canal 
for post-op pain. Some people are really senstive to the spinal route, others 
as chipper as if nothing was going on.......

Kathy