What do you mean the patch is as needed? Are you talking about the fentanyl pain patch?. Have they changed the way they prescribed it??

You can use this only when you need it???. I never knew this. Alan wore it for 3 days and then changed the patch. When the pain got really bad (breakthrough pain), he needed vicodin.

Then the doctor prescribed it every two days. You should have seen the fight we had with the pharmacist who argued with us saying "no one would ever prescribe this for every two days". "It's a 3 day patch". Alan simply said "call up the doctor" (he was a pain management specialist out of Coney Island Hospital). Guess who got it for two days???

brother!!!

I do hope you get some relief.

Melody