ACTIQ Reviews (FENTANYL CITRATE)Average Rating: 3.4 (104 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare ACTIQ with similar:
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| 1 | Chronic neuropathic pain | I'm no longer taking this medication. I have contacted Cephalon (Teva) several times but they have never given me the courtesy of a response. I am trying to find an attorney who will consider this case. | All because I used Actiq in the early 2000s. | F | 76 | 3 years 400 to 800 1X day | 4/17/2024 Patient History | 1 | Avascular necrosis/dead shoulder bone | Loss of all my teeth at gum line. Disabled and for tooth removal, and dentures, I'm looking at about $15,000. Yeah, right. | Am looking for an attorney for civil lawsuit. Anyone agree they should replace our teeth. That's all I want. | F | 62 | 20 years 100mcg/hr 1X O | 11/21/2020 | 1 | Chronic pain - intestinal failure | I started taking this drug due to Type 3 intestinal failure and Chronic pseudo obstructions requiring intravenous nutrition and hydration as well as severe migraines and joint pain. Actiq eas supposed to be an effective replacement of intravenous or IM/sub cut pain killers long term. Within the first year I saw a huge decline in my teeth, moved onto medicated toothpaste and mouthwash. This only worsened with time. I was not made aware that fentanyl caused tooth decay and was never warned. It took myself and an amazing new dentist that saw me after a 3 years to finally figure out the cause and help save my teeth the best we can with root canals, fissure sealants, endless fillings, composite to build up broken teeth and 4 teeth removed. Every single tooth is affected and prior to actiq I hadn’t needed a single filling. | I absolutely should have been warned of this side affect, if i knew this or knew how hard the withdrawal is to try and get off fentanyl I never would have agreed to taking it in the first place! There is a huge difference between addiction and medical dependency, I feel as someone who was prescribed this drug and not abusing it I should have been warned of what could happen with years of use, as my doctor knew it was a long term resolution to chronic pain. | F | 24 | 3 years 200 | 8/9/2019 | 1 | spine, etc | Severe damage to all of my teeth. Need great amount of dental work to try to repair all the damage from and in order to be able to get teeth/implants. This also caused social/emotional issues, and even more anxiety with fear of other health effects from chronic dental infection and inflammation | Helped with break-through pain | F | 58 | 5 years 600 mcg 4X day | 1/16/2019 | 1 | back paralysis | Loss of all teeth, bone loss in jaw, severe infection in facial muscles resulting in permanent nerve damage. At age 49, after 10 years without a cavity, complete teeth loss has been devastating. | Please see my Facebook page, Actiq ruined my teeth, for more information. Though lawyers are reluctant to get involved, there is another way. | M | 53 | 4 years 200-1600mc 8X day | 2/12/2015 | 1 | Cancer pain | Like most, my teeth are falling apart. I'm sick to my stomach to think of my future with "meth" teeth. I'm embarrassed to visit the dentist. They haven't a clue about Actiq and the problems it causes. I broke a tooth tonight but after reading everyone's stories I don't know if I should waste money on temporary repairs (crowns, root canals) when I should be saving up for implants. Of course, I live on disability so I don't know what to do. | I loved Actiq before I knew about the damage it caused to teeth. I began taking it around 2003 before there were notices about related tooth decay. If anyone is aware of a law suit please post or email. | F | 45 | 8 years 1000 mcg 4X day | 6/15/2014 | 1 | Fibromylgia | plan on getting dentures, I have lost most of my teeth. Unfortunately Medicare does not care if you have teeth or not! Apparently either does the manufacturer of Actiq, this should be a main warning! Also sugar went up to pre-diabetic, before actiq, I had low blood sugar. I stopped the medication. Enough damage has been done and that is only what I can see and read on a regular CBC. | I took great care of my teeth on actiq and still lost them. I believe most people loose their teeth. I think Actiq should make this a main warning or start paying for dentures. If I had it to do over again, I would not start. It does not help that much. I go off, because I went from 70 to 140 on my sugar level, I do not want to add diabetic to my list of issues. | F | 52 | 7 years 200 3X day | 4/3/2014 | 1 | RSD, disc herniations neck, pain | Horrible teeth problems, lost most of my teeth, need bone grafting, trying bridgework now, tried fillings then crowns first, fentanyl seeped under crowns into bone and root, causing more damage. | shame on actiq manufacturer for promoting off label usage and not advising of the severity of the teeth and bone structure damage that results no matter what precautions are taken. | F | 49 | 8 years 1600 mcg 8X day | 9/15/2010 | 1 | spinal surgery and constant pain | Why is there no class action law suit on this drug??? Everyone I meet that has taken it has lost their teeth or half their teeth and my doctor will not even prescribe it any more because all his patients had tooth problems. I brushed before, after, it does not matter. This stuff just sits on your teeth and rots them away. THe company is now in trouble because none of the insurance companies are willing to pay for it anymore. So between the price and the rotting teeth the company has some real PR work to do. I think a big law firm should take them on. There are thousands of patients who have lost their teeth and this company could care less. | Stay away from this drug at all costs. That is my best comment. | F | 45 | 5 days 1600 mcg 6X day | 7/5/2010 | 1 | CANCER | EVERY SINGLE TOOTH IN MY MOUTH HAD TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH 4 OST AND WORKING ON AT LEAST 2 MORE. THE COST BETWEEN ORAL SURGEON AND COSMETIC DENTIST WAS 75,000 BEFORE THEY EVEN STARTED THE WORK. I JUST REPORTED MY DENTIST TO THE BOARD OF DENTISTS AS HE SKIPPED TOWN BEFORE THE JOB WAS COMPLETE.THE REVIEW BOARD SAID THAT ALL OF THEM NEED REPLACED AS IT WAS A SHOTTY JOB. NO PAIN MED IS WORTH THIS KIND OF PAIN AND COST. DO NOT ADVISE TAKING IT. I AM AN ATTORNEY AND AM CONSIDERING A CLASS ACTION LAW SUIT AFTER SEEING THIS INFORMATION. I HAD NO IDEA OTHER PEOPLE WERE EXPERIENCING THE SAME THING. MY DOCTORS TOLD ME IT WA BECAUSE I HAD A CANCEROUS SALIVA GLAND REMOVED AND MY DRY MOUTH ROTTED MY TEETH. SEEMS THAT IS NOT THE CASE. | F | 45 | 4 years 800MCG 6X day | 6/15/2010 | 1 | Cronic back pain arachnoditis | Complete decay of my teeth. There are no warnings about this terrible side affect. My dentist even noted that there was more decay on the right side of my mouth because I am right handed and I naturally place the drug on the right side of my mouth | There is no question whatsoever that Actiq caused all of my tooth decay according to my dentist and other dentists that I have seen | M | 58 | 3 years 800 mcg 4X day | 3/4/2010 | 1 | D.D.D.neck and low back RA.fibromya | I was on 1600mg pops 4 to6 times per day.My insurance quit paying for the medication and the dr.I had to detox cold turkey and almost died.Now one year after Iam off of them my beautiful teeth are falling out one by one.Iam sick about this and very depressed.anyone knowing a lawyer I can contact please email me @[email protected] thank you and God Bless everyone else this med f d up its a dirty rotten shame and I pray I can be compensated for yrs of the best dental care gone to hell over night. | F | 56 | 5 years | 6/24/2008 | 1 | failed back surgery | it eat all the enmal off my teeth.lost all my teeth | if your teeth matter to you do not take this actiq!!!!! | M | 39 | 2 years | 5/21/2008 | 1 | Migraines | Severe constipation, personality changes, dependency | Found to be a great pain reliever if taken in time. Better than ER visits every week. Had to go to rehab twice to get off it for good. Accupuncture & herbs & anti-seizure medication work better w/NO addiction/dependency. Visit MAGNUM website if you suffer w/migraines. | F | 40 | 2 years | 6/24/2007 | 1 | migraine | it help right away but I needed to take more very fast, very addicting, this drug was only approved by the FDA in 1998 for cancer patient and the company allows the representative to go to othher doctors office like sport medicine and medicine to peddle their drug for pain management, knowing very well that this drug is extremely addictive | I had sever problem getting off the drug, develop severe abdominal pain, had abdominal surgery. This drug has totally messed up my life. I wished I had never taken it. It has 8o times the strengh of morphine, it should never be in the hands of people who have a life to live. It should only be given to terminal patient whom addiction is no longer a problem. This company is a joke. All they were after is making monies at the expense of the patients. The docs are not to blame, they found out too late that it was not what is was intented for. Shame on the pharmaceutical company. many people have dies from this drug, children thought this drug was a lolipop and died!! I think they should go to court and pay for what they have done to all the patients who have been administred this drug and who were not cancer patient. This is negligence at its worst!!!! | M | 42 | 35 days | 3/17/2007 | 1 | migrain pain even after neck fusion | Took actiq after neck fusion & along with the durigesic fentynal patch around 1999. It was working great & every 4 hours, my migraine would come back & then the actiq would stop it. This continued until they changed the production of it from the US to the european method. For some reason, the actiq in the new formulation never did work. As soon as I used it, the migraine continued & continued without working at all. | I have no idea why the new formulation changed the working of the fentanyl in the med but it no longer worked. Besided it not working, while using it, the new formulation was so rough that it rubbed sores on my cheek for the time I was trying to see if it was going to somehow start working. | F | 48 | 6 months | 2/16/2007 | 1 | Nerve Damage - 9 years | Lost, broken teeth. Still affecting teeth after switching to Duragesic. Personality changes. | Why the hell would they put sugar in something like this? I set up equipment at Pharmaceutical Trade Shows and have talked to the reps from Cephalon. They have two more formulas in the Pipe Line. One is like the instant disolve breathe sheets and the other is suger-free. Since switching to Duragesic, I'm doing better than ever. Between the patch and Vicoprofen, I can manage my pain with less problems. Everyone is different, so I won't pass judgement on some of the other comments seen here. I would suggest that people still taking Actiq wait until they are off the medication before giving an opinion. You don't realize how much the drug changes your personality until you are off of it. After 9 years of managing my pain and handicap, I can offer a pearl of wisdom. Accept your pain and your life the way it is now. You'll never get anywhere hoping to return to your former life. For most of us, there is no cure. Also, stop thinking that the drugs will take away all the pain, or | M | 45 | 14 months | 12/12/2006 | 1 | pain in back | I had one side effect that will effect my life for ever,I lost 23 of my teeth.I don't smile ,I don't laugh,I don't go outside as I did before.People that you deal with every day,bank teller at the gas station,at the grocery store which every knows me ,well this is a small town ,so as you walk out your door, for a day of shopping the first thing i do "I put my head down"I look so ugly with no teeth,I did not deserve this torcher i go through every day of my life..I ask PLEASE PLEASE DONT TAKE THIS DRUG!!!!!!!!!!! MRS.BRILLA | F | 30 | 3 years | 11/5/2006 | 1 | Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) | Sure took away the pain but was very groggy in the betinning. I was started at the highest dose (1600mcg) at 12 pops per day. I've weened myself down to 6, 600mcg and 6 800mcgs but now my bod is saying 'WE'RE NOT GOING ANY LOWER' so I'm looking for REHAB. I've never searched out any other med unless I was in pain (including oxycontin) but this med I watch the clock and pray for the time to pass so I can take another. It's horrible!!! | TRYING TO GET OFF THIS HORRIBLE MEDICINE IS A HELL LIKE NO OTHER. NO ONE, UNLESS THEY ARE LITERALLY DYING, SHOULD TAKE THIS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE MED. I'VE FOUND A PLACE IN FL FOR $600/DAY SEEMS TO BE MY BEST OPTION. AGAIN, NEVER EVER EVEN CONSIDER THIS MED. YOU'LL BE ADDICTED BY THE END OF YOUR FIRST BOX. | F | 42 | 2 years | 10/4/2006 | 1 | Chronic Pain - (non-Cancer) | SEVERE TOOTH DEDCAY..... Many gone - remainder MUST be pulled. Years of taking care of my teeth GONE! Caused CHEMICAL DEPRESSION! Weight gain! G.I. Problems. Urinary retention! Sure, took care of the pain, but at too high a cost. I was on an ever increasing dose of this drug (and other opioides)for over five years. | I am working with a non-profit orq. to take this medicine OUT of pain management! Too easily abused. To detrimental to G.I tract and Teeth! By the time you notice you have a dental problem it is too late to correct! Already had 22 teeth extracted and the remainder of dental work must be surgically removed. Also WAS on Oxycontin, morphone (switched between two types), Skelaxin, Valium, Neurontin, and many many more! Went to Paihn ReHab.... NOT pain Management.... HUGE DIFFERNCE IN MY LIFE NOW THAT I AM OFF THESE MEDS.... However, NONE affected my body as BADLY as ACTIQ! This drug should ONLY be used in a HOSPICE Environment... NOT... repeat NOT...in pain management for those with Chronic Pain. | M | 48 | 6 years | 7/21/2006 |
ACTIQ (FENTANYL CITRATE): This medication is used to help relieve sudden (breakthrough) cancer pain in people who are regularly taking moderate to large amounts of opioid pain medication. Fentanyl belongs to a class of drugs known as opioid (narcotic) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain. This medication should not be used to relieve mild or short-term pain (such as due to headache/migraine, dental procedures, surgery). FDA Approval Date: 1998-11-04 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)