Butrans 15mg Vs 10 325 Perc

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My doctor switched me from Percocet 10/325 to Butrans 15mg. I've been taking the 10/325 for about 6 years. 5-6 pills a day. I am scared to death that the 15mg Butrans is too high? Or that I will go into withdrawal. Please help. Thank you.

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Hi Sparkles,

Sorry to hear about your situation. From what I could gather, Buprenorphine is listed as the active ingredient in Butrans. This medication can pull Perocet off your receptors (causing withdrawal) if you're not at least somewhat off of it yet, so I can understand why you're probably hesitant to make the switch.

If you find this transition to be too difficult, I would even ask your doctor to help you taper down first to make things easier on you.
That may end up taking longer, but as you probably know these medications are no joke and do take time to come off of (especially after 6 years of frequent use). Don't be too hard on yourself about how long it might take, because as long as you have your peace of mind and health that's what matters most in almost any situation.

I hope this advice helps! Have you already started taking the Butrans?

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Thank you for your response. I put it on yesterday about 6 pm. So far so good. A bit of pain, so I am adding in a half of my usual Percocet to take the pain edge off. My patch site is a little itchy, which I am ok with. I have 10 extra Percs left, so I am trying to use them only when needed. I had a bad doctor pull me off perc's before and throw me on that newer popular addiction medication suboxone - as an experiment and trial he was running (in 2008) That almost killed me, literally. With that, I was in full withdrawal within 5-8 hours! So right now at over 24 hours, in feeling a little better. Hope that won't change!

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Hi Sparkles! Similar situation for me as well. Yesterday my neurologist decided to change me over to Butran 20mg from 8 - 7.5/325 Norco after 2 years. I'm still waiting on approval from insurance company to begin these patches. I'm mainly nervous for any withdrawals during the transition & also my ability to take care of my son since I'm a full time mom. Was wondering if you felt any side effects yet? The info online has me worried that I will be sleeping in a corner & unable to drive. Good luck to you!

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I've been taking Percs for so many years, knock on wood, I've had no issues yet. Just some breakthrough pain. I am still waiting for something. I can't imagine this transition will be this easy!

Good luck with insurance. It took a month for mine to be approved. Retail was $470, they wanted me to pay that! No way! I too am a single mom with 3 kids, so I get it!! Butrans does offer a discount program. My first prescription ended up being free, saving me my $50 copay. And another 1 year of "up to $50 off each month", you have to pay only $15. Hope you can get that discount card from your doctor. If not, check the Butrans website.

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