What is duragesic used for

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Avatar m tn I HAVE BEEN ON DURAGESIC FOR 6 YEARS, I WAS AT 100 4 MONTHS AGO THEN DRPPED IT TO 75 AND NOW AFTER 3-4 MONTHS I AM ON 50MCH PATCH... I CAN'T WAIT TO GET OFF THIS POISON.. ITS BEEN A 6 YEAR NIGHTMARE AND I AM DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO MAKE IT END.. HAVE A HIP PROBLEM AND USED IT TO BUY MORE TIME UNTIL TOTAL REPLACEMENT.. THIS PATCH HAS BECOME MY WORSE DISABILITY.. ANYONE KNOW OF A DETOX OR WEAN OFF DRUG FOM HERE.. THE DROP ON THESE PATCHES ARE HORRIBLE..
401095 tn?1351391770 Avis is wise. "Fentanyl is an opioid analgesic with a potency approximately eighty times that of morphine." According to the FDA: "Duragesic is to be used only for the management of severe, chronic pain (such as cancer pain) that cannot be managed with less powerful drugs such as acetaminophen-opioid combinations and nonsteroidal analgesics.
Avatar m tn t see this thread on Fentanyl and failed drug screens you may want to read it. This is great info to provide your physician - if nothing else for info sake. Here's the link: http://www.medhelp.org/posts/Pain-Management/How-bad-is-going-off-of-Fentanyl-100mcg-cold-turkey-going-to-be/show/2640578 Again thanks for the clarification. I do understand you want to try it for another month. You may just need some adjustment to the dosage - Again don't suffer needlessly.
Avatar m tn only docs who have a license to dispense it can...it is not approved i dont think as a pain medication here in the us but is approved for opiate addiction...read up at this site...
Avatar n tn I find it odd that J&J won't provide you with any information regarding where to purchase their duragesic patches. I am on Opana ER and if you go to their website, http://www.opana.com, they actually have a pharamacy locator on the website. Is there some other brand of the fentanyl patch that is available at one of your pharmacies? Is your prescription specifically written for the J&J duragesic patch?
Avatar f tn this is known as off labeling...where a drug is intended for one purpose but used for another....in this case insomnia......
Avatar n tn My pain specialist has me taking Duragesic 75 mcq for pain and temezapam for what little sleep I sometimes get.I have been on this same drug regiman since2002.I dont seem to grt near the releif I achived in 02.I am still on worker comp,but have been fired from my job of 30yrs due to the restrictions the doctor placed on me.Now I have been informed that the medicare setaside fund is suggesting I be dropped from the Duragesic and placed on Ultram for pain and meletonin for sleep.
564735 tn?1263943526 I was just wondering if anyone has used duragesic pain patches. My oncologist is recommending I use these patches from ongoing pain from tumors. I am a little nervous about using the patches but I am also over the pain. The pain has restricted my lifestyle. Going to go the grocery store or running errands has become difficult and I am no longer able to go to the gym. Has anyone had problems with these patches? If you used the patches, how long did you use them?
Avatar n tn t really have that much to lose. Duragesic is perfect for a cancer patient but really is not ideal for a person who is planing on getting off of it.
Avatar f tn I found this, not sure of the accuracy of the whole article, but copied it for you. I've never used the patches, but this seems like very good info. Perhaps someone else can comment on the accuracy. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The recommended procedure is to clean the area with water and then apply the patch. However, for anyone who has used Fentanyl Generics or Duragesic, we know that's ridiculous.
Avatar m tn and it eventually kicked me around quite a bit. As Mr. Lucky said, it is hard to say what would happen with the patch. For some opiate addicts, the patch is a step up the ladder to increased addiction, as fentanyl is extremely potent and can induce quite a bit of euphoria. The slower delivery of a patch is generally safer than a short-acting pill, but some people start to 'play' with the patches-- they wear several at once, or cut them, smoke them, chew them...
1312494 tn?1273749561 I am unable to take morphine or morphine derivitives and I was not comfortable taking methadone as I know it is used for Heroin addicts. After some research which included talking to my visiting nurse and Walgreens Pharmacy (along with Google) I discovered that methadone was often prescribed for chronic pain. I went back to my doctor and explained that I was willing to try the methadone. She told me it was only used for drug addicts.
Avatar n tn Certainly the Duragesic (Fentanyl) Patch being an opiate can be responsible for your depression but to what degree is always the question. Opiates affect each of our systems differently. Please don't feel as though you are running out of time. You just need to bring this to the attention of you PMP or your PCP swiftly. Let him/her help you however they can. Request a consult to a good pain management therapist for an evaluation of your depression.
Avatar m tn The pain patch is fentanal (sp wrong i think). Its much stronger than the loratabs. Way stronger. Have you tried other medications before jumping on to.the patch? From what i read its harder to.detox from. Very hard detox.
Avatar f tn Mollyrae, my experience is just the opposite. LOL! Everyone is so different with these patches, and ultimately it takes each person trying a different brand to figure out which one works the best. Duragesic is the original name brand product. You can easily see the gel in the clear plastic patch. There are many pharmaceutical companies who make a gel patch, and some are better than others.
Avatar f tn Due to the fact that Duragesic is only prescribed for long-term, severe pain problems, patients must taper down slowly under a knowledgeable physician’s care, or, enter a detox center for 24/7 treatment. With a moderate to severe addiction from relatively long term use, an in patient detox in a hospital or medical supervised setting is highly recommended for its multi- disciplinary approach.
Avatar n tn I'm wondering why you feel the Duragesic is bad for you? I just started the Fentanyl patch, 75 mcg every 48 hours plus oxycodone for breaththrough pain along with a few other meds I specifically witched over to the Duragesic brand a month or two ago, and that one work bet for me in many way.(It doesn't fall off or leave a glue residue on my kin or clothes.