Fentanyl

Fentanyl is an opioid painkiller medication, sometimes called a narcotic. Fentanyl patches are a strong prescription drug. The patches are used to treat moderate to severe chronic pain around the clock. Fentanyl patches are used when other pain treatments such as non-opioid pain medications or immediate-release opioid medications don’t treat your pain well enough or you can’t tolerate them. 

Fentanyl patches are not for the treatment of mild or occasional pain or pain from surgery. The patches are not for the treatment of pain that is not 24/7.