Hi Everyone! It would simply take to long to read all the good stuff you guys have been talking about in order for me to catch up lol! so good morning, hope you all are doing well. it's awesome to see this thread so active!
I have something to share about fentanyl patch adhesion. I usually have the same problems that everyone else does in this area.... they lose their stickiness and wind up coming off early.
Well, I was reading about this issue on a forum meant for nurses who are chronic pain patients. Many people were talking about the fact that they swabbed their skin with alcohol, then rinsed with water and dried before putting patch on.
I had always heard this was a bad idea. It even says so in the patient literature that comes with the drug...
But, I decided that I would try it.
Fast forward four days later to today ( I'm supposed to change it every 2 days)...I woke up feeling the beginnings of withdrawals. I immediately felt my patch and realized it was totally dried out. I got up and changed my patch and I obviously still feel like crap. It's actually a good thing though.
The reason that I forgot to change my patch was because it's stuck so well!!! It didn't give me any problems, and because of that I wasn't constantly looking forward to patch changing time lol.
Usually by the end of the first day I start to have issues with it gaping open... Then out comes the God forsaken tape and the checking every half hour, etc.. so this is really a big deal for me! I'm very excited about this, although I really do feel very badly. I noticed I didn't feel quite right all day yesterday, and I found myself taking more then normal of my breakthrough medicine... but I honestly never realized it was time to change my patch. I looked at several times, but it looked so good that I didn't entertain the thought any longer. I'm usually very good about changing it on time.
OK, Sorry for the ramble and thank you all for reading. Just very excited that from the looks of things, I won't have to go through so much crap anymore trying to get it to stick. BUT, I definitely will have to start writing down when I change it lol.