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This is the email I sent to my LLMD. His reply was to stop using it, which I have. But I wanted to know if anyone else had this issue and if it went away for them?
"I don't know if I can handle the pain patch. I had to take it off after 26-hours. After 12-hours on it I became light-headed, I couldn't eat, I felt almost panicky. I was also in a stupor and tingly all over. And while the tingly was nice, after a few hours it got annoying.
"It did help with the pain, though. Is there a lower dose or a different patch? If not I may have to stick with pills unless the side effects I told you about go away quickly?"
It's 12mcg of Duragesic. Is there a lower dose? It really did help the pain. Do those effects wear off? Should I have toughed it out?
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DON'T CUT A PAIN PATCH IN HALF. Check with your pharmacist about cutting in half. In some of the pain patches, even a nick can cause all of the medication to be released at once...causing coma or death.
I believe some Duragesic patches were recalled last year because of this problem.
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