Fentanyl Patches Advice For Withdrawal (Top voted first)

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My husband ran out of his 50 mcg Fentanyl Patches on Monday. Today is Friday 12/11/09 and he is experiencing withdrawals. The patches are supposed to be available today (it's 3 a.m. here). Is there ANYTHING that can help him until he receives his RX? He has the chills, sneezing, stomach cramps, moaning, restlessness, etc. Please help ...

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Debbie....please never cut the patches, the consequences can be fatal.

When I go away my Dr releases a prescription for the amount I will need for the duration of the trip. We always add a few days in case of flight delays.

I live in Canada and my prescription can only be filled every 30 days so I normally have enough for only that time.

I totally understand and agree with the necessary control of narcotics but it can be awkward.

We decided last minute we wanted to go away for four days leaving on Friday . My patches were not to be released until the Saturday, we could not get a hold of my Dr to release them early, so we could not go away.

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Thanks for the reply. My hubby has the patches now. He ran out because we were out of state for 2 months and it's a pain in the a** to get them. We've just decided to go away for 1 month at a time to avoid problems. Sucks, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.

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I have been on the patches for a wile now and the best he could do for the time being is to take the last patch he was wearing and cut a hole in the corner and push out a pea sized drop of the gel and {edited for safety reasons} just to be carefully only use a little amout to start with and give in about 15 mins and I promise he will feel tons better. Im not a doctor so im just tryin to help tell he can get a refill.

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