JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The military has a new tool for treating pain: lollipops laced with drugs.
Not bad drugs. Drugs to ease pain.
The Fentanyl pops are used in war because they relieve pain faster.
Doctors said a patient can feel the effects 15-20 minutes faster than a morphine injector.
It takes less than five minutes for the bloodstream to absorb the pain.
The lollipops are often used for cancer patients who cannot swallow pills.
First Coast News