hello all, i am haing a tough time trying to figure out what i should do here about my meds. any advice would be appreacted. i was started on a new med. yesterday, and am already having trouble with it. I would go directly back to my doctor or my pharm... except for i live in a very small town, doc not in on Fri, and the pharm already closed.
i was started yesterday on ratio-fentanyl - 100 mcg. i and my body are very fimilure with opioids. i am 34 years young, and have been prescribed opiods for 24 of those years. it is due to both my respect for my pain meds, along with my doctors and pharm. that i am just now, 24 years in going to fentynal.
Ok, so yesterday i put on my first one on what would be my "flank" ( after dissccussion with my pharmacits and also reading all the info avaible to me on the package insert. ) this was at 2pm. i spent 1 hr in the garden, and played with my dogs... then went for a bike ride with my son.. (( :) ))) when i got home, the patch was already comming off ! it had like a resin on the areas that had lifted. i tried to re-stick... and tried to tape it as suggested in the leafet. neither worked, and it kept rolling off more. i next tried to cut off the areas that were liftin... this only caused it to come off more. so now my concern is... i am now only getting about 70mcg... and it's my first day... my doc already warned me i may want to try break through for the first bit - which i felt i would be okay adjusting ( regretting tht now ) this all happened by 5pm. so i ended up taking it off - and desposing of it how i was told to each time... fold in half - and flush. ( my pharmacist knows i have 4 small dogs, all under 12 pounds, plus a child in the home, and she says there is enough med left after wearing it for 72 hours to kill my dogs nd seriosly harm my child if not kill him also. better safe than sorry. ( i wanted to keep it for the obvious reasons... to show them and to have replaced when i figure out whats going on with them. so next i had a bath ( no saop, just luke warm water... clean off well, dried well, and at 6 pm put on yet another... this second one last through the night, and by morning again stared to peel away> ( i also did indeed hold onto the patch after appling it for 30 - 60 seconds... tried to keep away from bends. ) I am not a big girl.. but we all have bends. this 2nd one was put just on my arm. by the time i was at noon today - this one also was a write off. ( i have now went through 2 patchs... and have only managed to keep on for 18 hrs at this point. It was just starting to really work. Well, now i am here friday late afternoon 3:45pm... and i am scared to even try nother one in case this one messes up also. I am already out o" f 6 days of meds. I can't wait untill monday. It's not a emergancy and i would feel dumb going in to say "umm, help me place this right... i can't get it. I know with all other opiods i havyoue been on ( as i said i respect my medication,,, and use it as perscribed only.. these howeer becme useless to me. ( i also did try to cut the rough edges off to maintain and save as much as i could... but it just kept rolling. My questions,,, should i just try to wait untill monday morning when i can see my doctor ( my pharm is not open monday either ) i could call the next town oer.. but thought i would try here for some adice first.
is there anything anyone can think of that i am doing wrong in applying them? Is there anything i can try while applying the next one? Should I try to tough it out untill monday and not waste any more of my meds? And well, i am not sure that is going to go over well anyhow, i will not be able to sleep tonight, and i am sure i will be in withdrawl by monday morning.
HELP! what can i do? please an advice??
-treefairy
and a thanks to anyone who replies.