Fentanyl patches come in 12.5, 25, 50, and 100 microgram (mcg) doses. They can be mixed to obtain an optimum dosage level.
20 minutes to take effect
20 mg of Opana ER
Whether the Fentanyl patch or oxycodone 30mg is better for your chronic pain depends exclusively on what is causing the problem and what your body can tolerate. Many patients have found better relief with the patch, but you should talk to your doctor about your options.
The Fentanyl patches by over twice the margin.120mg of oral morphine every 8 hours is equal to 360mg per day of oral morphine (24hr period). The Fentanyl patch equivalent dose (Duragesic for comparison purposes) is a single 100mcg Fentanyl patch.
Ofcorse opiod tolerant patient should Ask for more fentanyl,opoid naive will be good with 25,micro gr patch . oramorph should be replaced with hidromorphon jurnista tablets patients had better reaction ito it.if you must youse oramorh syrup is much better option.
1 mg = 1 000 microgramsThen 25 mg equals 25 000 micrograms
According to a well known conversion table on globalrph.com the conversion is 80mg oxycontin is equal to 41mcg of Fentanyl so you would need 2-80mg oxycotin-er and 1-20mg oxycotin- 2-80mg Oxycontin=82mcg of Fentanyl 1-20mg Oxycontin=20mcg of Fentanyl
100 micro grams of fentanyl is stronger than the 85 mg of methadone.
strong enought that if your arent opiate tolerant that the lowest dose of the patch will make you overdose, dont be stupid, when it says for opiate tollerent patients only it really facking means it.
Fentanyl patches delivery slowly. If you rub the patch and then rub your mouth you could overdose in a matter of minutes. You need to be real careful with the patches and use them as directed. Do not just keep adding patches.
The conversion of oral hydromorphone (Opana, Numorphone) to an initial patch dose of 75mcg/hr (skewed toward the lower end) is 28.1-39 mg/day.