How Long Does It Take For Fentanyl 25 Mcg Withdrawals To Start And Stop

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i have been on fentanyl 25mcg for about a yr. i am decreasing to 12.5 mcg for a week and then no more patches after. how long will it take to considering the info. will it take for the withdrawal to start and stop. i understand everyone is different. i will be taking valium 5mg for a couple days to ease the effects. any info would be great.

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Yes, everyone is different, so it really makes it hard to say, because it is going to vary.

I stopped heavy doses of Oxycodone and Morphine cold turkey, after being on them for about 6 or 7 years for pain management and my withdrawal symptoms lasted for about a month.

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Hopefully the Valium will help. Has your doctor given you any other advice?

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Thanks for ur info. Several yrs ago I stopped fiorcet w codeine (on it for 4 yrs) and it took about that long w that. I figured since I'm titrating down and have been on a very low dose it won't be bad. Dr. Doesn't have much to say, most don't realize or think well experience anything. I called the manufacturer and they said about 8-10 days. Bah!

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my pain Dr had me on25mg fethanl patch n moved me dwn to 12mg n she told me to cut it sum evry 3 days 5times till i was off of it n so far no major wdrw symptoms,it rlly works thnk gdness!!! good luck to u!!!

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i was on 25 mcg fen patches for chronic pain for about 15 months, after surgery doc was dragging his feet getting me off - probably because he was filling the RX and getting the payments. Next appt is 30 days away. So, i decreased my 7.5 oxy 3x day, to just 1/2 pill 2x a day over a four week period. Was also taking soma 3x a day with the oxy. Then stopped taking the fen patch entirely, and upped the oxy back to 7.5 3x a day, plus the soma. it has been a week and no major wd. in another 3 or 4 days, i am going to start cutting the oxy to 1/2 pill 3x day,then twice a day, then 1x a day then off. In the meantime, i am making sure my diet includes all the proper food groups (not just meat), vitamins, 8 hours of sleep and walking 2 miles a day.

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up to a week it will last and it will start a day or two once it is out of your system or almost out of your system. the withdraw is worse the first four days

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I have been on pain pills for about two years, then switched to the fentanyl 25mcg pain patch,I still have chronic pain in my left rib and spine, but my new pcp and I decided that I should just get off the fentanyl pain patch. The pain center who ordered the patches wanted to wean me down off of them, but my pcp interfered and made me just take off the patch and suffer with pain and withdrawals, on top of that I have a urinary tract infection. So lets just say that I am totally miserable. I can't do much,I feel so weak and of course hurting really bad because of my chronic pain hadn't been fixed yet and I still am suffering til they can find something non narcotic to give me or unless they can fix what I have wrong with my rib and spine. I have had some of the withdraws, the vomiting, diarrhea, weakness, irritable, restless, don't feel able to doing anything. I went down in patch to the 12mcg, just as I put on that second 12mcg patch my pcp had me take it off, even though I was supposed to finish all ten 12mcg patches to be able to fully wean off but because of the pcp interfering and making me stop without being fully weaned off, I already was experiencing some withdraws just with the drop in dose, but now the withdrawals are worse from not being able to properly wean down. I just hope that this doesn't last long. My chronic pain is enough to go thru,I can't deal with withdraws too, plus trying to take care of my child feeling like this, it really does make it hard. Has anyone else had something similiar happen to them? How long did it take til you felt like yourself again and til the withdrawals subsided?

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i was on fentanyl 25 mcg for about 3 weeks i went cold turkey and now im getting withdrawl symptoms How long will that take?

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how long can the withdrawlals last iam into day 20 still want to climb the walls

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day seven of not having the fentanyl path c/t and now i an suffering from insomnia and anxietybut at least my muscle twitching has left. how long before the other symptons leave

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I'm on 25mg fentanyl for 5 years and am stopping today with the help of 10mg of Oxyneo 2x per day. I'm planning on leaving my 3 day old patch on during the start of the Oxyneo in hopes of not having too much discomfort. Has anyone had any luck doing this?

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Go to your pcp or emergency room you could have a heart attack if your body is wesk.Your pcp should be able to help till you find another p.m.dr.Don' t suffer or like I said go to the e.r. no one should havexto be in pain when there are drs out there.They say an oath do no harm but some do and others do not.

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I'll be stopping my 50 mcg fentanyl patches on Friday night when my last one wears out. What can I expect for withdrawal, and what time frame? I will be taking norco 10/325's to help with withdrawal. Any more advice?

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Gomartha, maybe you should think about weaning down 12mcgs at a time! Also LYRICA, "commodium", and zothran while weaning down would be most helpful. Don't suffer needlessly.

If you need to..get yourself to the emergency room and simply tell them what's happening. They will help you!

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I'm sorry, that should be Zofran.

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Been on Fentanyl patch 25 for about a year and two days ago started Fentanyl patch 12. Since yesterday I have pretty much been coming out of my skin. No sleep last night and can't go to sleep tonight. This afternoon I started getting very dizzy like I have gotten up to fast. The only thing is.......that's not what's happening. I have to sit a few before I get up and when I lay down, I feel so dizzy like I'm going to pass out. Has anyone had anything similar happen?

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Yes I've had that happen. It's awful. I'm assuming you are feeling better now, since you posted this a few weeks ago. I hope you have felt relief. Withdrawals can be a horrific experience. If you still need help, let me know. I can give you a few things to ask your dr that will help you get through this difficult & uncomfortable time.

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Thanks for all the advice. I wasn't aware I could cut my patches down so I went cold turkey off the 50mcg patches. I used norco 10/325's and skelaxin 800 mg at night to help, but the anxiety and body twitches drove me crazy and I barely slept. I also suffered sever headaches and some dizziness and blurred vision along with cold sweats. It took 1 month and 6 days to finally be able to go to sleep at night with out the twitches and spasms. It felt like a spring was being tightened up inside me and then it'd just let loose and my body would go crazy twitching and spasming. When I was finally able to get back to my doctor he wanted to refill my script. I refused because I never want to go thru that again.
Good luck to you all. And, thanks again!

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How long does it take methodone to get out of your system my daughter started taking them and took maybe 10 of them and was scared to take more and I do not know what to tell her but she needs some type of pain meds due to knee surgery and a broke tail bone please answer me if yoy know anything about it.

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Please give me an answer for my daughter she is afraid to take methone for a ling peroid of timr but she really needs help to cintrol her knee

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Maybe methadone isn't the best meds for your daughters pain beings that she has every reason to be hesistant to go on it cause normally methadone is a long term used for chronic relaspsers you should look into a pain Med called tramadol however you do need to prescription for it but its inexpensive and does work very well for mild to moderate pain

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Re: Gomartha (# 12) Expand Referenced Message

Hi, I believe that anyone coming off of any type of mg. or mcg. of addictive pills should be in a program being weaned off by the medical Dr. or Nurse. I don't believe, no matter how many times we have done it ourselves we've won the challenge of total detox. Although, I have done it. It took me around two to two and 1/2 years. I could have done it seriously in a shorter time but I wasn't serious enough until the end. When I finally realized I didn't have a habit anymore, I just forgot to take them and it was wonderful because I started finding other things to peak my interests. I still am. I found a whole new world. Look around. Smell, look, touch, taste ,see and when you redo these things this time, feel......................Find a precious interest. Don't give up. It will take more than a day, a month, maybe a year...............

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Withdrawal will start about day 5 after removing patch. Ask your doctor to put you on low dose oxcycodone to help. I was on 100mcg. Fentynyl patches for years. I decided to get off and took suboxen to soon and believe me, you don't want to feel that kind of withdrawal. 100% Highest withdrawal. Dr put me on oxcycodone for 8 days. No more suboxen and I'm fine. I did all my withdrawal at once. But I know when I would take off my 100 mcg. patch. It was 5days before withdrawal really starting hitting hard. 10 mg oxcycodone every 4 hours for 8 days and I'm like new.

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I've been on fentanyl 12.5mcg and oxycodone 10 for well over 6 yrs and am starting withdrawls going off the patch first then ween diwn the oxycodone three days off the patch now and have to double up on oxycodone and in terrible pain still with valium and clonidine to help symptoms

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My pain doc took me off my fentanyl 25 mcg and put me on hysingla 40mg. I'm having horrible withdraws. It's been a little over a week since I haven't had a patch on and I'm taking this new medicine but I'm not seeing any help with my pain. Can anyone tell me how long I'll feel like this?

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I DID THE SAME THING. THE VALIUM WILL DEFINITELY HELP. .GOOD LUCK. .

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Hello, it's my first time on this site. My friend received some oxy 30 but they were actually pressed with fentanyl. I've also been taking it for like 2 weeks. At first just half, then one, then i moved up to 2. Then i was trying to taper off myself but i got robbed of mine so I'm wondering how much longer ill be feeling this horrible? It's been 4 and a half days now.

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I strongly agree don't start Lyrica unless you are ready to lose your life as you know it, really I feel like I just woke up from a 10+ year coma.....

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KAT # 47,

I'm sorry to inform you that at the dosages and combinations stated SEVERE WITHDRAWL WILL LAST FAR MORE THEN 3 DAYS. Weaning from 25 mcg. to zero even with oxys and lyrica will prove very challenging from long term use of these meds and can sometimes precipitate for up to a month or more. MANY EXPERIENCE PAWS as well. It's highly recommend a qualified specialist wean you down with an appropriate down ward titration protocol because of the risk of seizures and cardiac arrest just to name a few.Especially for those with chronic underlying medical conditions. To avoid these risks please seek professional assistance in this endeavor. Good luck

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I have been weaning off of my Fentanyl for a while now. I was on 100 mcg and am now down to 50 mcg. When it comes time to change the patch, which I am changing every 48 hours, I can feel withdrawal starting. I will be on the 25 mcg patches in a couple of days. I have found that the Lyrica helps greatly. I was without it for a week and was miserable. I am looking to stop the patches altogether over the New Years weekend, and also stopping my Oxycodone 40 mg/day at the same time. Do you know if 3 days will be enough for the worst of the withdrawal, as I am also on the Lyrica? My Lyrica dosage is 75 mg three times a day. My pain management clinic is terrible to their patients, and I want to be able to go in on 1/7, hand them my meds, and walk back out the door. I just need to be able to get back to work after the 3-day weekend. I really want to be off of this stuff, and I DO NOT want to go back to my pain management doctor.

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Hello, I have been taking 100mg of Fentanyl every 48 hours. So I had a couple times where I could not afford the medication because of lack of insurance. So my withdrawals began right away and lasted pretty much a month long. The anxiety is one of the worst symptoms with your body tensing up continually for quit a few days and having seizures for a few days, which require me to be hospitalized and put into a coma for 3 days just to get over that hump. That took about approx 10-14 days for leg spasms to go away. My best advice for anyone at any prescription level is that you should come down off of this med very slowly. I pray for all of those poor people out there that have to deal with particular meds, with such severe withdrawals, not nice at all.

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