If you take off a Fentanyl patch can you put it back on and it still work?

Answer 1

I have never had good luck trying to reapply Fentanyl patches. Once they are removed from my skin, I can never get the same level of adhesiveness from them. They might have been just as potent, but it was hard for me to tell because I usually would wear more than one patch at a time in conjunction with eating them (this is very dangerous and can kill). I would recommend keeping the patch on if at all possible. If it is already off, do your best to tape it back on to yourself and hope for the best.

NEVER use Fentanyl for recreational purposes. Multiple patches and/ or overdoses can KILL.

Answer 2

No - Fentanyl patches are for patients with constant, chronic pain over long periods. Once the dosage delivery is ramped up and constant, it takes several hours for the effectiveness to wear off. If you're having pain that isn't constant, an acute med (Percocet, Vicodin, etc.) is a better option.

It's also a misconception that you should only use pain meds "when you need them". That used to be the thinking 15 years ago, and I was in that group. When I began formal pain management about 12 years ago, I had to learn that using pain meds at regular dose intervals you actually wind up using less over time, and wind up with better pain relief.

If you're having issues with the current patch dosage, you can always go to a lower dose and then compensate for pain increases with acute pain meds. That's the standard pain management procedure for opiate therapy anyway.

Answer 3

As I write this I am going through nasty WD. I was just put on 25mcg Fentayl patch. I was on Butrans which is used to pain but ends at 20mcg befor that, I am not going to be on the fent patch it is so dangerous and if you take it off as it is very very short acting but WD are worst then ever. Don't take it off. Even better advice get off it all together.

Best of Luck more than that Blessings!

Answer 4

no. stick three or four of them on you at once. cut one open and eat the jelly. then drink a 24 oz budweiser while smoking some medical.. thats what my doc has me on.