Reviewer: kimbe903, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)

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Reviewer: Cindy, 45-54 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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I do use the 100mcg every 48 hours and it does work for me however only for about 28 hours, so doc gives me break through meds and so it all works good, however this patch falls off and also snaps back sometimes taking it off of the plastic, I only get the generic because of the pharmacys in my area they seem to only carry them, then there are the walgreens pharms they pick and chose weather you a ... Show Full Comment

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I do use the 100mcg every 48 hours and it does work for me however only for about 28 hours, so doc gives me break through meds and so it all works good, however this patch falls off and also snaps back sometimes taking it off of the plastic, I only get the generic because of the pharmacys in my area they seem to only carry them, then there are the walgreens pharms they pick and chose weather you are going to get your patches on 28 days or 30 so if you ruin one patch and I do it at least onece a month however hard I try to keep them safe, the generic are huge, I am sick to death of wallgreens acting like god and something needs to be done about them. It is the doctors that are the important part of our health not the pharmacy. I have to get sick every couple months waiting for day 30 to come because one of them either got stuck on my bra or washed off in the shower and lost it's power or got bent when putting in place under my arm...so that is my story...
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Reviewer: debi7, 55-64 Female on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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I think I may have just experienced (unvoluntary) withdrawl symptoms! I have been using Fentanyl patches since 2006 when I fell and ended up having my left knee joint removed, then fused with a metal rod, and I had also caused damage to my lower spine in that accident.I am pretty good with changing the patches every 72 hours, but now and then I might miss by a day, but never like what I just exper ... Show Full Comment

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I think I may have just experienced (unvoluntary) withdrawl symptoms! I have been using Fentanyl patches since 2006 when I fell and ended up having my left knee joint removed, then fused with a metal rod, and I had also caused damage to my lower spine in that accident.I am pretty good with changing the patches every 72 hours, but now and then I might miss by a day, but never like what I just experienced! Last week, for some unknown reason, I forgot to change my patches (I wear a 50mcg and 100mcg at the same time for 72 hours). By the time I realized what was wrong, I should have changed the patches 4 days ago! I went for 7 days on the same patches!! I was waking up in the middle of the night (on those rare nights when I got any sleep)3-4 times soaked in sweat from head to toe! My appetite had gotten really low, constant stomach pain but not nauseated (but I did throw up once), weak & withdrawn. After I changed the patches, all of those symptoms went immediately away!! If this is what it is like withdrawing from this medication, I am having concerns about it. I also have chronic kidney disease, stage 4, and Fentanyl is known to cause renal issues, so, I have been thinking about asking my doctor to start weaning me off of them. Now, I don't know what to do. More people than not have reported the same or worse withdrawl symptoms.
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Reviewer: 45-54 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)

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Reviewer: do not want to provide--my name, 65-74 Female on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)

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i have had back problems since teenager, and after seeing many docters was referred to a pain management specialist. After reviewing my past treatments, he added Fentenyl to my pain meds, starting with 25mcg, msintsing me the 5mg Percocet for breakthru psin, then increased me to 50mcg. I found that the pain was returning after the 2nd day (48 hrs) and I WAS STILL taking more percocet then I like ... Show Full Comment

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i have had back problems since teenager, and after seeing many docters was referred to a pain management specialist. After reviewing my past treatments, he added Fentenyl to my pain meds, starting with 25mcg, msintsing me the 5mg Percocet for breakthru psin, then increased me to 50mcg. I found that the pain was returning after the 2nd day (48 hrs) and I WAS STILL taking more percocet then I liked to get me thru the 3rd day. ON my next visit he suggested that I try changing the patch after the 2nd day and see how that went, What a difference. I am now down to taking just 1 percocet in A>M to get out of bed. This is after many years of taking between 4-6 percocet a day and still being severe pain and wearing a TENS unit all day, (which of course I had to stop due to the Fentenyl). Of course ea case is different. The difference was finding a Dr that would work with me. In addition I would like to make a comment to the person that took the Benadryl. This not a good idea,I inadvently took one after being stung by a bee and knew I HAD made a huge mistake. This is a cns depressant and I had a hugh case of hallucination that night, do be carefull.
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