Fentanyl Patch Falling Off (Page 2) (Top voted first)

my patch keeps coming off prematurely. can you recommend a solution?

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I'm not sure abt the liver but the patches offers continueous pain relief for 72 hours without trying to keep up with pills...I really like it much better..

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Like i just posted for someone else...im afraid I might not have any left for me when I go back to place my order!! LoL. Amazon has the tegaderm for the cheapest price you will find anywhere. I order the large sheets, a box of 20 sheets for $20. Then I cut each sheet into fours. So I get 80 tegaderms for $20 dollars! I was paying 65 dollars for a box of 100 from a walgreens hospital pharmacy. You can get them from pharmacies, but the only ones that will have them or order them for you are the pharmacies that are inside the hospitals. They have to carry them because they're used on the patients. It’s expensive and most insurance is not going to cover it. I have AARP United Health and Medicare never covered it yet in five years... Go to Amazon for the same exact product I got from Walgreens - that I can assure you!

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If you cover the patch with the palm of your hand for 30 seconds it will stay on better,. I have been on the patch for about five years and find that the 30 second way is the best.

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**TRIED & TRUE! BEST WAY TO KEEP THE PATCH ON!** According to the instructions AND both the Dr & Pharmacist, Tegaderm is not recommended because it's not breathable & will hold in your body heat causing stronger effects. What I use is a breathable stretchy white tape called "Cover-Roll Stretch". PT's use it over KT Tape. I buy it for about $11 for a 10 yard X 2" roll. I ALWAYS first clean off my skin with a little rubbing alcohol on a tissue. DON'T RUB HARD! Just lightly get the oil off ur skin. Cut the tape a little bigger than the patch & round off the corners so they don't catch on anything. I shower every day and this has never failed me. I also label each cover 1-10 plus the day I put it on & the day to take it off. Do this and you will never have a problem again.

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If you call the phone number on the box your patches come in they will send you adhesive patches to put over fentanyl patch. I had the same problem and that's what they sent me. Also tegederm patches made me break out with blisters and rash but the ones they sent didn't.

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The other posters are correct, sometimes something else is required to help keep them on, such as another adhesive product, or waterproof medical tape.

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I HAVE BEEN ON ALL MG'S OF FENTALYL. now am on 100mg's. have trouble keeping it on also. Finally tried my right side of chest.. Had it on my back my ankle and arms, never stayed on, even used small amounts of duck tape, but the looked stupid. So far it is holdig.
My legs are restlles and cramping a lot.

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in my opinion wearing a fentanyl patch is far more preferable from from a health standpoint than taking even one tablet a day, not as damaging to the kidneys or stomach lining, my Dr. also indicated this to be his opinion also, as for myself I have certainly noticed a difference in less urinary problems, as in retention and stream strength.

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My father has recently started on these patches after a second full knee replacement and being on other pain killers for...

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I recently went through bilateral mastectomy due to breast cancer. Chemo & herceptin treatments all done, but becaus...

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Hi, I started using a 12 mcg fentanyl patch about a month and a half ago for chronic pain. I never abused them and I alw...

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I have been on it for about 2 months. I am stopping cold turkey. What is going to happen to me? Fentantnl 25MG patch. ##...

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Just wanted to update and touch base with anyone wanting to stop using the patch or struggling through withdrawals. I wa...

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I've been on 50mcg/hr Fentanyl Transdermal patch, for 9 years. I've had 4 major back surgeries and kidney stones...

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i have post surgical lower back pain. was in 50 mcg patch and had side effects and so decided to wean off. i finished wi...

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CAN ANYONE TELL ME HOW TO KEEP THE PATCH FROM COMING OFF AFTER SECOND DAY ? I SHOWER A COUPLE TIMES A DAY AND ON THE SEC...

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