Here is my story: I became addicted to hydro and norco. Have had 7 knee surgeries, 2 shoulder surgeries. Started taking them as prescribed and over the last 1 1/2 yrs have gone as high as 380 mgs/day. Got sick of being sick and always looking for my next pills.Went to my Doc and fessed up all to him and asked for help. He put me on 75mcg/hr. fentanyl patch for 2 weeks. Then said will drop to 50 and then to 25.After that I should be able to stop completely according to him. Has anyone had experience with this? I have read you guys posts for along time and have always wished to be like you. You all seem great and my prayers and thoughts are always with you. My life was (maybe still is) close to being a disaster from the pills and want so badly to stop. I have tried several times but get sooo sick and I own my business so it is impossible for me not to be able to function. I tried getting into outpatient (sub), they said it wouldn't be until after x-mas before they could see me. Any suggestions or advice would be welcome.
Hello
Welcome to the board. My doctor did the same thing to me by putting me on the fentanyl patches, in order to stop the vics. It was a complete and total disaster. When I first went on the patch, I had some mild w/d symptoms from stopping the vics, and I thought wow this is so cool, but a few days later when I dropped on the dosage from the patches (he wanted to tapered me down too), all hell broke loose and I was TWICE as sick than I would have been if I just quit the vics by themselves. When I realized what was happening, I ripped the patch off, and just went c/t. The patches are horrible to w/d off of. I don't mean to sound like the bringer of bad news, but that is just my experience. Fetanyl is an opiate, and is very strong. Someone told me it was like giving an alchoholic whisky to get them to stop drinking beer. I wish you luck, and hope things work out better for you than me. I have almost 6 months clean time, and life is great, so don't give up, it can be done!
michelle
PS. I don't like your username. No one is a loser here, were just regular people who got lost and ended up becoming addicts. Hang in there!
Welcome to the board. My doctor did the same thing to me by putting me on the fentanyl patches, in order to stop the vics. It was a complete and total disaster. When I first went on the patch, I had some mild w/d symptoms from stopping the vics, and I thought wow this is so cool, but a few days later when I dropped on the dosage from the patches (he wanted to tapered me down too), all hell broke loose and I was TWICE as sick than I would have been if I just quit the vics by themselves. When I realized what was happening, I ripped the patch off, and just went c/t. The patches are horrible to w/d off of. I don't mean to sound like the bringer of bad news, but that is just my experience. Fetanyl is an opiate, and is very strong. Someone told me it was like giving an alchoholic whisky to get them to stop drinking beer. I wish you luck, and hope things work out better for you than me. I have almost 6 months clean time, and life is great, so don't give up, it can be done!
michelle
PS. I don't like your username. No one is a loser here, were just regular people who got lost and ended up becoming addicts. Hang in there!
chelle,
thats what i was wondering myself about the fentynol, i had no experience myself to say so i am glad you did. it certainly doesnt sound right to me, but i am no dr.
i also agree your not a loser, so we are going to have to nickname you sunny if you dont come up with a new user name : )
i am sure you didnt ask to be this way. none of us did. the good news is there is a way out and there is hope. you can do this. michelle is right i think you would be better off to taper off your drug of choice rather then use the fentynol.
terrianne
thats what i was wondering myself about the fentynol, i had no experience myself to say so i am glad you did. it certainly doesnt sound right to me, but i am no dr.
i also agree your not a loser, so we are going to have to nickname you sunny if you dont come up with a new user name : )
i am sure you didnt ask to be this way. none of us did. the good news is there is a way out and there is hope. you can do this. michelle is right i think you would be better off to taper off your drug of choice rather then use the fentynol.
terrianne
I don't have experience w/ fentynl, but this sounds like a bad idea. I have went through withdrawl from vics and it sucked, but it was cake compared to the hell I felt trying to get off oxycotin. I couldn't do it on my own. Please read my post Suboxone. Need help. Today is my first day on it and I am not in withdrawl. Please look into trying this. I believe that fentynal is stronger than oxy, and I am afraid your symptoms will be worse. Yesterday was my first time posting on this site, and the people here have been very helpful and suppportive. Hang in there and keep us posted.
P.S. You are not a loser.
P.S. You are not a loser.
Hiya boo,
Yeah fentanyl was a bad, very bad idea for me. Of course I understand my doctors reasoning behind, I do question his logic....LOL I can't even imagine how bad it would have been if I would have stayed on them, like he wanted me too. They are wickedly strong, and IMHO should only be given to people who are terminal. I think Tracey had a bad experience with it too.
michelle
Yeah fentanyl was a bad, very bad idea for me. Of course I understand my doctors reasoning behind, I do question his logic....LOL I can't even imagine how bad it would have been if I would have stayed on them, like he wanted me too. They are wickedly strong, and IMHO should only be given to people who are terminal. I think Tracey had a bad experience with it too.
michelle
Hey Sunny,
I know what you mean about the the motivation and being sick while trying to conduct business. I own a business as well, but I quit CT, it was not easy but you can do it, I'm not going to tell you I made a whole lot of money the first few months of getting clean, but I have made up for it since then... Owning a business is not an excuse, its a reason to quit..
Regards,
Tom
I know what you mean about the the motivation and being sick while trying to conduct business. I own a business as well, but I quit CT, it was not easy but you can do it, I'm not going to tell you I made a whole lot of money the first few months of getting clean, but I have made up for it since then... Owning a business is not an excuse, its a reason to quit..
Regards,
Tom
I used fentanyl patches for 3 months straight last year....they are one of the WORST things to come off of. When I ran out, I had withdrawal symptoms even while taking percocet. In my opinion, detoxing from pills is way easier than those damn patches. They are bad news.
Also, if anyone reading this has these things in their house and has young children....keep them under lock and key. Early this year, a woman in my city lost her 4-year old son. She kept them up high but he was a climber. She put him to bed one night and when she went to get him up in the morning, he was gone. They found one of the patches on his leg. Sad.
Also, if anyone reading this has these things in their house and has young children....keep them under lock and key. Early this year, a woman in my city lost her 4-year old son. She kept them up high but he was a climber. She put him to bed one night and when she went to get him up in the morning, he was gone. They found one of the patches on his leg. Sad.
Hello everyone-
Im glad that there is other people out there that has the same dilema as me: I've been on the Fentanyl/Duragesic system now for over a year. My doctor put me on them after almost dying from a horrific wd from Methadone. I have a chronic disorder of the spine and Im on the patch for pain control, but know that Im addicted. I started out on 50mcg. and now am on a 75mcg. patch. I've built up a high tolerance and they don't seem to help much anymore. I recently seen an ad that indicated that there has been a RECALL on the Duragesic system- it was in an ad that was for a class action lawsuit. Has anyone else seen it??
My life seems like it has went from bad to worse with the whole opiate thing. I've began the whole viscious cycle over again, and feel like these drugs have consumed me. I wish that they would invent something new for opiate dependency that would eliminate the wd and not be equally difficult to come off of. Im leaning on the idea of Sub. I just found out that begining today, the local Methadone clinic started a Suboxen program. Im supposed to call tomorrow morning and speak with the lady that heads the program. Wish me luck:))
Im so glad that I found this forum...
Im glad that there is other people out there that has the same dilema as me: I've been on the Fentanyl/Duragesic system now for over a year. My doctor put me on them after almost dying from a horrific wd from Methadone. I have a chronic disorder of the spine and Im on the patch for pain control, but know that Im addicted. I started out on 50mcg. and now am on a 75mcg. patch. I've built up a high tolerance and they don't seem to help much anymore. I recently seen an ad that indicated that there has been a RECALL on the Duragesic system- it was in an ad that was for a class action lawsuit. Has anyone else seen it??
My life seems like it has went from bad to worse with the whole opiate thing. I've began the whole viscious cycle over again, and feel like these drugs have consumed me. I wish that they would invent something new for opiate dependency that would eliminate the wd and not be equally difficult to come off of. Im leaning on the idea of Sub. I just found out that begining today, the local Methadone clinic started a Suboxen program. Im supposed to call tomorrow morning and speak with the lady that heads the program. Wish me luck:))
Im so glad that I found this forum...
