Bupe I want off Bupe patches (Butrans)

[Mitchb105]

I’ve been on Butrans 23.3 mcgs per week for 10 years. I am also on Percocet 2 pills 3 times per day. I am wanting to get off the Bupe patch but I am afraid. I apply Butrans 10 every 3 days and I wear each patch for 7 days. The Butrans patch has been making me feel awful for the past 10 years but I have chronic pain and it was Butrans or nothing for years. I felt the pain bad enough to put up with the adverse effects of the Butrans. I have been put on the Percocet about a year and a half ago and I find that it mitigates the adverse effects of the Butrans patch yet still I often get sick from the Butrans. Any advice on how to get off the Butrans patch would be greatly appreciated. I am actually afraid of the withdrawals from the Butrans. My only saving grace is that I am on a relatively low dose of Buprenorphine. It averages to between 1.5 to 2 mgs per day.