[QUOTE=Neurochic;944601]Rare

Hi there! I am new, my name is Angelina & I have Lupus, Fibromyalgia & Raynauds (they go together) and thus, chronic UGLY pain! 👎
I have used Fentanyl patches for many yrs - diff generics and doses, depending on my pain level (last Year I went into remission and went OFF patch for first & only time in 8 + yrs!).
My question is this: I've been having same prob as everyone else on patches and that is break-thru pain! I like the Mallenkt patches because I'm allergic to all adhesives except it & Mylan but it wears off about 12-16 hours early and then I go through the "cycling". My dr (as paranoid as all of them are now - a Rheumatologist- will NOT increase to every 48 hrs & when I ask they say I will have to go to Pain Specialist which I SIMPLY CANNOT do as I'm presently having heart symptoms - Lupus attacking my heart).
So.. I want to cut them in half and use every 48 hrs (at same dose) - I used to do that with Mylan without any probs. I'm unable to find ANYWHERE if anyone has done this successfully as I did it w Mylan for YRS until we moved! Ugh - so frustrated to be this sick and have to argue w physicians when I am a Health-care Provider myself -- at least I WAS before I got very sick (a Pharmacist, believe it or not! A waste bc I cannot use my education but that's life)!!!
Thanks so much!
Angelina