Is It Okay To Chew A Fentanyl 50mg Pain Patch? (Page 26)

I've been prescribed fentanyl 50mg pain patches and i was just wondering if it's okay to cut one in half an chew on it?

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So I left my 100 mcg fentanyl patches out in the sun, when I opened one the patch itself was clear but when looking closely you could see the clear medicine running out.so I was wondering will it still work if I place it on my skin?

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Idk for sure if all the med is on there still but let it cool down and you will pry be able to get some use out of it...but that's just a guess I am not sure...don't put it on hot tho...let it cool so it doesn't mess up the absorbing rate. ..take care...but like I said this is just my thought not possitive..

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How do u chew it exactly? Like what Is the best way, chew it like gum or just leave it under ur tongue or what

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Figure it out urself...if u do stupid crap like this on your own it's on you...you read what it can possibly do but who cares right...well be that guy that does this crap just to feel high n ends up wishing u didn't at some point ...maybe not this time or next but it will get ya sooner or later...n I am not gonna help ya figure it out...and besides since it's not supposed to be done anyways there isn't a certain way to do something thats not to be done in the 1st place...live and learn...while we pay for ur ER visits....sad stuff and will just get worse as usual...best advice I have is don't do it and if u do good luck that you don't have an issue this time...best to you....

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Sorry for your loss but I doubt anyone held a gun to her head and made her take it. Everyone has to take responsibility for their own actions.

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i am on 75mcg fenyanyl people that abuse is the reason why it is so hard to get help for people like myself that realy need it .hopefully your doc. will recognize your signs of abuse and cut you off (save your life)

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Justsomeguy...it's true but things will never change u will always have the Good vs. Bad out there..the addicts and the patients..but it's just horrible how hard it is now to get meds and what you have to go threw to keep them..I've had scripts for almost 10 yrs and now in last 2 yrs I've had more u/a's and random pill counts and crazy stuff to put up with then I did in the first 8 yrs..it has gotten bad ur right. Hope they figure it out tho cause the people that obviously r in pain have real issues..not made up problems to get scripts n then addicted then off to illicit drugs or whatever else..it's weird how people can get pain meds in some places for almost no reason and others have to go thru hell when they go thru it on a daily basis. I don't get it myself. Just made me think of it and sorry to blow off steam but I do get y people get addicted and all that it's something that happens but if you do the right things it's hard to fall into the same punishments as people who do the wrong. It just gets so irritating. But it's never gonna change and by the looks of it on my news every single night with drug epidemic this n that it seems to just be getting worse. Well at least we can come here and let off a little steam lol..and everyone has issues but some have them on purpose and others have them because of reasons they couldn't control and if u chose to be an addict and just throw Fent patches in your mouth to feel high you need help! And I hope they find it because it's so bad how far off course it can take you. Take care. Be Safe and Be Accountable..

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Please do not. My sister died from chewing her patches. OD'd before 50.

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You should never chew Fentonyl patches, but everyone I know who has been on it has at least once. Getting a dosage that worked took a couple of years, trying to stay on 50's but 75's working better from the very start. I have been on pain management straight for the last fifteen years, but off and on most of my life. I am at 150 every two days, unfortunately (perhaps I have always had a very high tolerance for opiods and an extremely high metabolism. I did a lot of research in making it work longer and more effectively in my body. I have found that Visteril, (hygroxyzine) helps extend thee needed effects. Good luck, and don't let people put you down for using pain control n it's a medical issue, not a lack of moral fortitude

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Come on wake up to reality. People are going to chew them so give real advice or don't waste people's time. With your argument we shouldn't give condoms to kids and teach them how to have safe intercourse cause they shouldn't be doing it anyway. Also we shouldn't have clean needle programs, people shouldn't be inj'ing drugs. If you aren't part of the solution you are the problem. Ignoring reality and pretending people are only going to take the fentanyl patch as prescribed is not helping anyone.

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If you think an addict is going to change his "ways" because legitimate people are in pain, and can't get medicine, you have no clue how strong an addiction is. If you were hanging with an addict, and you had one pill left, and were in excruciating pain; that addict would take it from you in a heart beat. They don't care about you, and your trouble getting med's legally. They care about themselves, and feeding their addiction.

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I have been on a fentynal patch for over a year. They are no good. Help very little with the pain and if you run out early you have terrible withdrawals to look forward to.

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There have been people working in medical settings fishing fentanyl patches out of the trash. Some have died. That's why they put them in sharps container. Why would someone chew a plastic patch. Don't they make fentanyl lollipops? It's this kind of thing that makes it harder for those of us with chronic pain. More & more regulations, etc. because of people not using medications appropriately.

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Yes, but that's logical behavior, and addicts just don't operate that way.

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Ya if you chewed on that half of one youd be getting 2.5mg all at once thats equal to 250mg of morphine or 125 of oxicodone if you chew the whole patch then = to 500mg of morphine

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I grew up with alcoholic mother. I'm very aware of addictive behavior. I also worked as an RN for 38 years in 4 states. Not in
rehab but on cardiac & infloat pool. I'm aware of manipulative behavior. Quite frankly, I don't care if someone wants to kill themselves by using drugs inappropriately. There were many patients who abused their bodies. I'm not out to change the world but if only two or three people change their behavior because of what's written on here, that's accomplished something. Isn't chewing Fentanyl an expensive high? I'm sick of jumping thru hoops because of others stupidity, that's all.

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NO!!!! It's definitely not ok to "Chew" on a fentanyl patch ! I can't believe that's even a serious question. There's a reason it's made to be a 72 hr slow release pain med; and it's very, very potent. You'd be taking a risk of overdosing & not breathing any longer. So other than stopping your breathing permanently , it's fine .....

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I am telling u know what you are doing here. I went from 275 milligrams of fentanyl with four 4 milligrams of dilaudid for breakthrough pain. I am now on 175 and dilaudid. I have a high tolerance. I usually take the patch off b4 the due date and save 4 days when I have really bad pain ..guess what I feel the fentanyl, so if I was you after the 3 kids that Od on my and their own patch trying to chew or misuse it I wouldn't advise it at all! Grow up, you are going to die and bringing someone back from this is HARD and most times impossible. Also narcane has no effect for the most part... it's like useless.

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I had seen the message about you losing your sister and I am so sorry for your lose. I lost my mother 2012 may I found her with 4 pain patches on her and her not breathing. My mother always struggled with opiate pain pill addiction and was a R.N and such a wonderful person. I tried CPR on her after calling 911 ,then after being at hospital she also had congestive heart failure ,along with liver failure from years of opiate use. I miss her very much. Now I am being put on 50mg fent patch for cronic pancreatitis I was born with a deformed pancreas and have struggle over the years with this. So now I am being put on patch and I am scared to death and I know it's the only the thing that helps my pain.
So sorry , also I am commenting on this a few years later

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Who said - There is NOT BARBARIC-RACIST'S ???
Friday The 7th of Aug - 2015 I went to The ER at William Newton Hospital A Dr. Randee E. Lipman - Was working this ER at the time - I got checked in and then taken back to have - blood pressure usual things - I explained - I was on pain medications - for my injuries - Bad Neck and Back - I had taken both MRI's at - William Newton along with exrays - which this doctor could of just pulled up - and knew - I had this problem along with - could of pulled up the meds - I had and was on - But this doctor chose to be a Barbaric-Racist - I was sent back too the ER waiting room - them saying - rooms were full - I watch whites leave from the back - 2 white boys - one in a wheel chair - other limping - still I was not put into a room - 46 minutes after seeing the nurse - The doctor had the nurse - bring out the Hospitals drug policy - In the middle of the ER waiting room - giving it too my wife - I looked it over and - NOTHING HAD I DONE - VIOLATED any part of this policy - - - So I blew it off and waited longer - I asked a person at check in too see whats taking so long - and I could hear the doctor - telling Her - she was NOT GOING TO DO ANYTHING FOR ME - - -

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