DURAGESIC-100 Reviews (FENTANYL)Average Rating: 3.9 (148 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare DURAGESIC-100 with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR DURAGESIC-100 | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Endometriosis | Very itchy, dizzy, queasy, loss of appetite, woozy, VERY SLEEPY | Really has helped me. I started on 25 mg but I guess became tolerant so now I'm taking 50 mg every 2 days. I do have breakthrough pain, but it's been much better than before. Only thing is, the itchign was driving me insane so I ripped off the 50 mg pain patch and went to sleep. The next morning my whole body was a wreck - it hurt to move, I was sick and confused and totally disoriented. Had to put on the patch again, go back to sleep for an entire 2 days. So be warned of serious withdrawl symptoms!!! No one warned me about that. Besides that, if used correctly, I found the drug to be good. | F | 26 | 3 weeks | 10/21/2004 | 3 | Pelvic adhesions severe pain | Extreme nausea. I had to go on a high-carb (pancakes in the morning)diet to keep my stomach calm otherwise I would throw-up profusely!!! Also had itchiness and irritation on the site of the patch. No rashes though... | I didn't go through an awful withdrawal so that was a plus but I did notice now that this drug was recalled in April 2004. (No one advised me of that)!!! | F | 39 | 3.5 months | 10/6/2004 | 4 | Migraines | Some bloating, almost like water retention. Also some anxiety when trying to go to sleep. During waking hours it really helps me a lot, I never have any pain anymore and find that I don't need to take hardly any other oral narcotic pain meds. Overall I feel that it works very well for the pain, I just had my doctor prescribe me an anti-anxiety medication to combat the anxiety I seem to feel when trying to fall asleep. | I do think it works well. I just get so much anxiety when falling asleep for some reason. But a good anti-anxiety medication helps with that. It has relieved all my pain. I'm on 25mgs right now, but have been on doses as high as the 75mg. | F | 29 | 1 years | 9/25/2004 | 4 | Chronic back/neck/knee/abdominal pa | Itching (not as bad as other opiates though), dry, bleeding nasal passages, and bloating. I also have noticed that bitter or sweet foods taste more bitter or sweet, particulary bitterness. | I think it works great for the first two 36-48 hours. After that I have to add Norco 10/325 to it. I've have noticed that when I remove the patch after 72 hours there's still some medication left in the reservoir. I've found that Ban-Aid brand Flexible Fabric, Extra-Large bandages work great on holding the patch on, even in the shower or when I sweat. They're just the right size to cover the patch completely | M | 45 | 2 months | 9/22/2004 | 4 | Pseudo Tumor Cerebri | Little rash when I changed the patch, constipation, and the patch don't won't to stay for the 3 days | I have had a severe headache 24 hours a day 7 days a week for 9 months. I have been to 4 hospitals in Kentucky, and i was also sent to the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago, which was a joke. I have probably been admitted 15 times in the last 7 months. The I.V pain meds. didn't help, or the ones they sent me home on. I've had 2 CSF leak repairs, and a Shunt placed in my head. Finally, I saw a Doctor that put me on the Duragesic patch, started with 25mg, then50mg, now I'm on 75mg , And I'm finally getting some relief. | F | 31 | 2 months | 9/14/2004 | 5 | RSD | I have no side effects. | The Duragesic patches are wonderful. My dose is 150 ugh every 72 hours. I would like to thank Janssen Pharmaceutical for coming up with the pain patch. They are a little pricey the 100 ugh are $625.00 and the 50 ugh are $310.00 but it is well worth it. | M | 49 | 2 years | 9/2/2004 | 5 | REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY | LOSS OF APPETITE. CONSTIPATION- CONTROLLED WITH SENNA PLUS. | IT IS THE ONLY MEDICATION THAT HAS EASED THE CONSTANT BURNING PAIN. HAVE HAD RSD FOR 14YEARS. WONDERFUL DOCTOR STARTED ME ON FENTANYL IV THEN CONVERTED TO DURAGESIC PATCH. CONTINOUS USE FOR 15 MONTHS NOW(75 UGH). WILL NOT STOP FOR ANY REASON NOW. THE RELIEF IS JUST GREAT. | M | 58 | 15 months | 8/28/2004 | 3 | Osteonecrosis | The side-effects I've had are debilatating. Nausea, diarhhea (sp?), headaches, dizziness. The side-effects have made me miss more time at work than the condition for which I am taking them. (I am taking a 25mg patch.) BUT the pain for which I am taking Duragesic has been significantly reduced. | I have osteonecrosis, literally | F | 49 | 5 days | 8/13/2004 | 2 | neck&shoulder pain | irritability | the patches never stay on for more than 24 hrs and even with the dressings from J&J, they still didn't stay on. | M | 34 | 1 months | 8/11/2004 | 4 | Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy | Rash/Constipation | The best thing for RSD - Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy. 5 patches @$42/patch... ouch, but it works! | F | 41 | 8 months | 7/24/2004 | 5 | Chronic Pain | Sleepy, constipation. Most bothersome side effect is itching under the patch. After 48 hours I get a rash and the patch starts to come off. | I started on 75mcg and over the course of a year titrated up to 175mcg. This med works so well that sometimes I forget what the pain feels like or where it is. I get 100% pain relief. But if I forget to change the patches, by 12 hours past the change time, the pain comes roaring back. This drug has given me my life back. | F | 44 | 2 years | 7/23/2004 | 4 | chronic low back pain | extreme loss of appetite. Lost nearly 30lbs since starting this drug | after 11 months of use it seems like when I apply a patch, it releases too much of the medicine at once and then after the 1st 1.5 days the drug starts to wear off... during the 1st day and 1st night of applying a new patch, I sleep real good and real late, but after the 1st night the patch starts to wear off... I am now on 50mcg & 25mcg. I apply the 25mcg on the 2nd day of applying the 50mcg... this seems to work a little better, but I think my skin is worn out due to few places on my body I can apply them... | M | 25 | 13 months | 7/11/2004 | 4 | Arthritis/Fibro/Degenerative Discs | Dry mouth, mild fatigue | I have lived with pain for MANY years now and lost interest in about everything I used to do athletically. I was turned on to Duragesic recently after I spent endless hours researching LONG LASTING pain treatment instead of the pills I was prescribed to pop for a few hours of relief. I am on the 25 patch which worked extremely well at start. I noticed next to immediate results int he first 24 hours of use. It worked well for a week. Here I am on my 4th dose and I am feeling that dull ache coming back. I am currently sitting at work (barely) and the discomfort has be bouncing around in my chair trying to find a comfortable position. The weather is cool and rainy which doesnt help in the least! I must admit that this IS a good medicine for pain and am happy that I got it prescribed but now I am afraid of what might happen if I up the dose. I KNOW that I will need to do it so I guess I will see what happens and HOPEFULLY will do me some good. | M | 29 | 9 days | 7/7/2004 | 4 | Severe Neuropathic Pain/Joint Disea | The first side effect was sleepiness and then constipation which has not gone away. The initial dry mouth, however, passed after a few days. | Duragesic is a life saver. I was literally at my wit's end and cried from pain every day, no physical treatment or medical treatment (Vicadin, Neurontin, Percocet) gave enough relief so I could still function somewhat. Duragesic works straight through, although some days I feel better than others, but still considerably improved. I have been taking it under the supervision of a Pain Management Specialist along with my first of three epidural lumbar medial nerve injections. | F | 64 | 12 days | 6/28/2004 | 5 | chronic pain, fibromyalgia, RA | Constipation, which for me was more like normal bowel movent returned. I have IBS with chronic dirrea normally. Prob with patch sticking after 2 days or going into bath/pool/hottub. Slight rash in area where patch is removed. | This medicine has given me back my life. I have been in so much pain for the past 4 years and never had it controlled. Could never get prescribed enough lorcet/vicoprofen/percocet etc at one time to control pain so I would end up with a 1 - 2 weeks of little pain and 2-3 weeks with no medication till next doc visit. With the patch I have no more up and downs from pain medication. This keeps me settled, helped my depression and I am looking forward to working full time and maintaining a job for the first time in 4 years. MORE DOCTORS NEED TO BE WILLING TO PRESCRIBE THIS MEDICINE FOR PEOPLE IN CHORNIC PAIN THAT IS NOT TERMINAL! I find it has less of an abuse rating. Thanks to God and my Doc for finally putting me on the patch!! Thanks also to my family who supported me through this. | F | 33 | 1 months | 5/20/2004 | 3 | cronic back pain & buldging disc | Sedation | Works ok for awhile. Pain is still there just seems like my brain does not know the feeling of pain anymore. Weird sensation. Still painful though. Constipating. | F | 32 | 40 days | 4/4/2004 | 3 | To get high | dizziness, slight nausea | do to it's long acting effects and heat sensitive absorbsion it was not something recreational that I would recommend. I took the 25 strength patch off the next day. Not a good high and if you shoot this stuff or eat it you may die. Fentanyl is about 20 times more potent than heroin. | M | 28 | 1 days | 4/3/2004 | 5 | disabling low back pain | rash under patch (sometimes).increase in libido. NO cash in wallet!!! | I use 175mcg/hr ev 48 hrs. I did not notice any releive until multiple patches were used. | M | 40 | 2.5 years | 2/17/2004 | 5 | chronic neurological pain | For first few days, I had some nausea. Some degree of constipation on ongoing basis. | I initially started with 25mg patch, but over course of six months, did not receive the relief of pain that I expected, namely to get my pain to the point that it was only really bad one or two days a week. Subsequently, I've begun using 2x25mg patches. I've found this works better than 1x50mg patch, as there seems to be variability between patches. When I was using a single patch, sometimes the pain relief would go away before the 3-day use was completed. On other ocassions, pain relief would still be adequate after 3 days. I blame this on patch variability rather than my normally-variable rates of pain because of the constipation issue -- namely, when the patch quits working, my stool gets looser. However, overall, Duragesic, despite its high cost, is significantly better than pain meds I've used in the past, which have not been satisfactory. Previous medications included stadol and vicodin, with their attendant cycles of on-oagain/off-again relief and the | M | 59 | 10 months | 2/7/2004 | 1 | pain | nausea vomitting itching sweating | does not work does not stick | F | 45 | 14 days | 11/21/2003 |