Fentanyl Can I Just Go Cold Turkey When Quitting (Page 8)

My doctor has had me on the 100 fentanyl patch for 1 year now. He is going to take me off it. Can you just stop taking it with out side effects or withdrawals. Please tell me the proper way to get off this patch. Please help me, I have the doctor appointment tomorrow and want to know what to say. So far it sounds like his plan is just to take me off cold turkey. I am scared of withdrawals. I am a mom of 5 kids and need to be ok. Please help.

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Absolutely NOT... contrary to these medical professionals...whom none of were ever taking any narcotics, nor were dependent on (addicted these medical Gods refer it to as) any narcotics. You can die from abrupt discontinuing of a powerful opioid like this. My doctor, whom I cannot believe is an actual doctor because of her bull feces act, cut me off Fentanyl patches cold turkey last year about this time...for three weeks I felt like death...she's going to do it again... in fact she just did. I DID NOTHING WRONG. I COULD KILL HER FOR TOYING WITH ME LIKE THIS...but I won't.

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You should use 50 mcg for a month and then 25 mcg for another month. Then if you have pain pills, take them with a doctor's guidance to help you gradually quit. You can take the 25 mcg with more days between the patches. Normal dosage is every 3 days, try to go 4 days between, then 5, etc, until you have weaned yourself from them. Most importantly you need your doctor to guide you off. They put you in this position, they are responsible for your care.

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After reading your response it leaves me with one question--- if the Dr. is going to take you off the medication in three weeks how do you combat this when the Dr. Is the one who writes the prescription.

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No. You have to be deemed off and by law he must do it.

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I feel the same way-why were we started on a medication like fentanyl for our severe pain only to be taken off of it and now we have nothing to replace it! They are punishing us-the real patients in need, for the law-breaking-junkies,( i hate using that terminology but its the best/worst i could think of). The Fentanyl really did work, and i know can hardly move on the doseage they've got me on-plus they are going to eventually take me "ALL" the way off of it.

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