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Fentanyl Patch Battle

Updated November 23, 2023
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Tue, January 31, 2017

My wife has fibromyalgia and is in a significant amount of pain every day. She has been on a 100mg fentanyl patch for years. Then she chose to reduce it to a 50mg patch. She does not want to be on this patch any longer. She quit cold turkey. She is on day 4 without a patch and I just want everyone to know that my wife did it! My wife is going through hell right now but she is fighting and she is doing it!

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VerFree Says:
Thu, November 23, 2023

All opiates are an adventure, in my opinion, and quite often aren't worth the little bit of help with pain that they provide, but not everyone will agree with me.

I'm glad your wife is doing well, but please keep an eye on her for another week, or so, as there is still a slight risk of her experiencing some dangerous withdrawal symptoms, such as severe rebound pain, and seizures.

Ref: Fentanyl Patch Information

Kudos to her for her strength, and resilience.

Is there anything I can help with?

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