How long does it take for Duragesic Pain Patch to work?

[yobo626]

Does anyone know how long it takes to feel the effect of the pain patch? Thank you

[poundpup123]

Sorry Bout My Accent folks,..I have to agree with mr stnick on putting the patch on every 48 hours,1st month dose 25mg/72hr i complained he quickly said ill move you to 50mg. at 2nd apnt.  i was on 4 300mg lyrica an 8/800mg gabapentin,i ruined any hope of being pals with him.i said thats too much to soon. I said im not a paitent here anymore,As im walking out,he offered if i promised to take each patch at exactly or later than last patch.then chastised me that it oughta have been enough?
then states,id have to buy the overage,non formulated portion.Im happy to buy an pay,just to not increase the dose.As an adult i think i hope we all know the danger of this medicine.id never heard of it,or a patch for pain,i never look up medicine,so as not to get preconcived side effects.you get 27minutes each viset by law.he just forcefully told me how dangerous it was.forgetting where to place it,my chest ..i looked like a rabid dog shaveing spots lol,now i put them on my inner forearm,least fuzzy on me,but no matter,they came off.i found a bandaid 3-M Nexcare wtr proof,costly,but no skin rash,no marks or pain,
i still screw up,i have cut them in half,to make them last,
i aint no doctor but id hope folks have common sense nuff to look up drugs they take,the mayo clinic has less spam an is easier to understnd for me.

I also wanna say how sorry i feel for all of you here goin through this liveing hell.i know what its like at 2am ur on the floor in a ball rockin back an forth.
again i am so sorry that you hurt..thanks fer lettin me speak Le'roy

[PeterJeter]

My pain specialist told me today that fentanyl patches are used to relieve pain anywhere from 48 hours to 72, and if I am one of the ones who it only works up to 48 hours, he could write me a script for 15 a month so I could change it every 2 days, instead of 3, and insurances and pharmacists are aware of this issue with the patch and there is no problem with it.

[Houston22]

First time prescribed this for chronic lower back pain degenerative disk disease and bulging disks. I've been taking 10-325 vicodin morning, afternoon and evening 2 pills each time. My question is with the fentanyl 25mcg how alert I will be. I do a lot of driving for my job. I know I should not be but unfortunately I have to work so that's not an option.

[nursedeborah1]

I was recently taken off one of my 100 mcq Fentynal patches after many years, my MS Contin all at once, and my Klonipin as well.

It's now been a month since my car accident, where I have no memory at all as to what even happened at all, and now was just told I had, had a stroke.

I had a bleed on my brain as well, I am still having many problems, especially with pain, but my boyfriend refuses to let me take anything other than the 100 Fentynal patch, which he now puts on well if it's it's Mon. he will put a new one on Wed.

I just don't want to be in pain, and want to be able to do a little around the house, but he just doesn't get it, will only help me in public

[TheMadMan]

I have read the comments here and would like to offer my OPINION here.
Being in the Fentanyl patch was horrible for me. It was supposed to help with the pain but I was too doped up to realize that I had lost an excessive amount of weight, slept all the time and did not care about what was going on around me. When I woke up one day and looked in the mirror and saw a face that scared the hell out of me, I got off the 50mcg of the Fentanyl patch because my weight was down to 108 from 150 lbs. It was rough but I did not want to be that person who I saw in the mirror that day. Since then I have gone back to the doctors to help correct my pain issues and insisted that the drugs were not doing me any good and what really needs to be addressed here was WHY was I in so much pain and what could be done about it. That is what needed attention here and I got a few answers and treatments but I really had to get the doctor to focus on the attention of treatments and not the drugs. Since then I am doing a little better. Went through a whole host of doctors for attention to what needed to be done and will continue to do so until I have some relief from my pain issues WHICH I have experienced in the past with proper treatments. That is the issue at hand so to everyone who is on the Fentanyl patch I say BEWARE of what this medication can do and the damage it does to your internal organs. My pancreas acted up because of all these pain medications I was on and now I have to take an enzyme for the rest of my life for pancreatic problems caused by these pain medication so BEWARE of the future and what is to come due to the damage that these medications can cause. Thank you for listening.

[painaway14]

Hello Mollyrae, I literally just had my first appointment at pain clinic on Thursday amd was put on a 50 fentanyl patch. The dr TOLD me tht heat induces the fentanyl faster so do tht, just not directly over patch. Also, it takes up to only12 hrs to get fully in your system but a full week to level out. U shud not be telling people to use more becuz u obviously dont no what your talking about. Maybe all docs are different but im pretty sure they wud stick with the same information.