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Drug Description: The Duragesic pain patches manufactured by Johnson & Johnson are meant to treat moderate to severe chronic pain. Fentanyl is a highly additive opiate that is 80 times more potent than morphine.

Drug Effect:

The patch is subject to leakage causing a drug over-dose of pain killer that can result in a serious of health issues including death. By July 2005, the FDA had over 120 reports of deaths related to Fentanyl. The FDA issued a warning about the high dangers of accidental over-dose of this pain medication.

Recall:

February 12, 2008, the pharmaceutical companies issued a voluntary recall of all lots of 25 microgram/hour Duragesic patches sold by PriCara in the United States and the 25 mch/hr patches sold by Sandoz. Manufactures acknowledge there could be a problem with leakage.

If you or a loved one has suffered any injury as a result of using Duragesic Fentanyl patches we can help. Please click here to contact Pearson Law or call our toll free number at 888-525-1262 to schedule a FREE initial consultation.