Hi, many years ago when my husband was going crazy with neuropathy pain, his pain management physician prescribed the Duragesic Fentanyl pain patch. It was the only thing that stopped the pain. He got sick from Lyrica and Neurontin and when he got this patch it literally saved his sanity.

He had to keep increasing the dose (not all have to do this but in my hubby's case he had to). At the time he was doing 125 every two days. Most people change patch every three days but with neuropathy pain, well, our doctor had to phone the pharmacist and explain about neuropathic pain and how my husband needed it every two days. The pharmacist almost did not fill the prescription but when it was explained there was no problem.

My husband was on it for quite a while until he reached the maximun dosage at the time (which was 125) and then he had to titrate down and when he got to 25, he had to go into rehab to get off of it. That was not pleasant.

But that was over 10 years ago. His pain level (while very bad at times) is nothing like it was 10 years ago. His neuropathy was not caused by diabetes nor any known cause so they called it Idiopathic neuropathy.

But there is one bad side effect to these opiods. You don't go to the bathroom like normal people do. You must use laxatives.

But as he used to say "I don't care, it stops the pain".

I wish you well.

Take care, and Welcome

Melody