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I have been using fentanyl patches for severe chronic pa...

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I have been using fentanyl patches for severe chronic pain for the last 4 years or so.It has been the most effective drug for my pain releif, but since the introduction of the D trans patch, the pain relieif is not so effective. Has anybody else experience this?

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  • Guest
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    I have been on Duragesic patches for a few years now, as you they had become less effective and the breakthrough pain was coming through 24 hours before I needed to change my patches. My Doctor switched my directions to change patches every 60 hours instead of the 72 hour time frame. It has really helped me, I hardly have break through pain anymore. Good Luck

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    What exactly is the D patch as i am on fentanyl(duragesic) but reently i get a script and the patch was really smaller and i belive it doesn't work as well as the one with the liquid in it. :?:?

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    Hi,

    I had a problem with pain and itching with the new DTRANS. Ask your pharmacist to order TILOFYL - this is still fentanyl but by a different manufacturer and it is like the old gel filled patches before they changed to DTRANS. Goodluck, it worked for me! Julie:ok:

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    Can anyone help? I can't get the patches to stay on. Anytime I sweat or even just get warm, move about a lot or stretch they come off at the corners and then gradually peel until they're hanging on by just a little tad of gummy stuff. Am I the only one with this problem? I've used patches for two and a half years now and never had this problem before.

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    I too have problems getting these patches to stay on, I am currently going through the menopause too and with all the hot flushes these patches can come off in just a few hours, doctor now says i will need to try harder to keep these patches on but I find it extremely difficult. Glad to see I'm not the only one with this problem.

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