My God, I am going to place a fucking ban on anyone replying to a Duragesic post with totaly inane information ..
Slap the patch on your arm and enjoy it, if you can't devote a good 30-48 hours to it then wait until you can .. I will quickly give some answers not inflated with bullshit then close this thread..
1) Eating the gel is a risk, SO DON'T EAT IT .. yeah, you will hear a lot of stories about peoples friends that ate an entire patch and were just fine, but you're really taking a risk with it .. now to be perfectly clear, it's NOT the same fentnayl as you find in Sublimaze or Actiq, however, it's still a drug thats active in the microgram doses and THERE IS ENOUGH GEL IN ONE OF THOSE PATCHES TO KILL YOU .. if you want to be Zany and Fresh and Live On The Edge (like Spiderman) you can cut it open and rub a little on your gums or on the inside of your nose - a little dab on your finger probably wouldnt kill you, then again, you were told not to do it so if you die make sure you make your last words "PhreeX told me not to, he is not responsible for my untimely demise" .. hell, yer an adult I assume, go ahead and eat about half of the 25ug patch, in all honesty you will probably come out fine, though you're TRUELY WASTING a wonderfull drug, throwing away a wonderfull high too!
2) If you remove the patch from your skin the membrane is exposed to air and the patch will never be the same .. now I have had success in transfering a patch from myself to another person but that consisted of quickly pulling it off myself, slapping it on her, pushing the air out from all directions, then I placed a large ACE bandage over the patch to ensure an air-tight seal - that works with limited success.. what doesn't is taking the patch off, trying to re-apply the backing and then putting it away after wearing it for a short period of time... see, how it works is that membrane is made of a special synthetic, it also has adhesive on it and when you slap it on yourself then apply pressure your skin is able to direclty absorb the fentanyl while the membrane just kinda regulates it... it may seem like a simple little patch but there is actually some technology behind it - once it's stuck you lose the adhesive on the membrane itself, it wont have perfect contact with the skin, and there is going to be a pocket of air between the patch and your skin ... TRUST ME, I have tried to salvage these things .. now one option is to wear it until you're ready to come down, then just take it off - you can then stick it to itself so as to preserve the remaining gel inside, you can then abuse it another way...
Some people will still insist on taking them off, then to re-apply them they will compromise the membrane (by poking holes in it with a needle) as the gel will be released directly onto the skin, this is how one kid in Melbourne, Florida died several years ago (he had saved up several used patches then cut the membrane and slapped 'em on himself!)
3) In the pharmacy these things cost about $4.70 per milligram, so a 100ug/hr (or 10mg) patch costs about $47 without insurance .. funny thing is that on the street, you don't get to mark them up that much, meaning a patient without insurance shouldn't sell his patches for profit because a 100ug/hr (or 10mg) patch should only go for about $50 on the street .. but we wont discuss street prices because ITS NOT ALLOWED! I am sure some of you cool cats get 10mg patches for $10 each, and I'm sure some of you big time slingers sell your 10mg patches for $150 each - fuck off, no one cares!
4) A novel idea someone had of saving up 'dead' patches, drawing up all the gel from them with a large needle, then injecting it all into a Nicoderm (nicotine patch) from which the nicotine shit was removed, put some tape over the hole and apply .. not sure if it would work but it seems like it would..
5) To someone with ZERO TOLLERANCE a 25ug patch will have you feeling good for about 2 days, but it's nothing you can't handle .. of course, as I always say, YMMV - but I think you could wear a 25ug patch to work, school, around yer mom, etc.. and not be noticibly fucked up.. you might puke as well as itch, but if you want to get your moneies worth then shave the area above yer heart until you're almost bleading (yes, I'm aware the insert specifically says not to do this) .. take the patch and slap it on, then firmly aply pressure to the patch for about a minute - make sure all the air bubbles are worked out, to get it working you can take a hair dryer, put a wash cloth over the patch (so you dont burn yourself/the patch) then put the hair dryer directly over it, turn it on for about 20 seconds then after the burst of warmth apply pressure for another 30 seconds, you can put one of those large band-aide patches over it to prevent it from falling off (as the adhesive around the edges CAN come off!) .. enjoy the next 2 days, you can then remove it, cut it open, and smoke PIN HEAD AMOUNTS OF THE GEL AT A TIME (disclaimer: if you die you deserve it, I said you can do this but it could be fatal blah blah)