Painkilling 'Lollipops' Used By Corpsmen
November 15 2011
Navy corpsmen with Marine units in Afghanistan are being equipped with painkilling lollipops for badly wounded troops, reports the Military Times.
The active ingredient involved is fentanyl, a painkiller that is more powerful than morphine, according to Rear Adm. Michael Anderson, the top Navy medical officer to the Marine Corps.
The fentanyl is packaged in a berry-flavored lozenge on a plastic stick. As the wounded soldier sucks on the lozenge, the fentanyl dissolves and is...
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