The VA. Very closely monitored. For pain. They have only veterans, so they can closely monitor this...but let me check further to see if it is in patches, not pills form. I could be wrong about the tablets.
It is sometimes used as opposed to oxycodone. I will check further. thanks for your response.
He'd gone in for what was supposed to be a relatively simple operation to remove a small piece of his colon. They screwed that up and he ended up with a massive abdominal infection. He went in the weekend after Thanksgiving and didn't get out until after Easter.
After over 4 months and 4 operations, he was having withdrawl from all the morphine they'd given him.