The tape I use is Transpore - made by 3M - which I buy from my local hospital Medical Products outlet. The tape is 2" wide and is semi-clear whitish in color. Comes several rolls to a box and it's been so long since I've bought some I've forgotten the price. Does a pretty good job.
Oh, Billye - nope...have never used green (or any other color) duct tape. LoL
DanP

HI Dan!
Thanks for that info. I'll check it out!

I'd swear someone was using duct tape for the patches. It's been awhile since I read that but I remember at the time that there was no way I'd put that stuff on my skin.

Billye

Well, I'll betcha duck tape would work - it does on everything else. I suspect it would come very close to keeping the gates of hades closed. Just don't think I'd want to use it on my skin.

LOL LOL Love that monkey picture Dan! LOL LOL

Roxie, that is the same stuff that we use on horses. It's called VetWrap and can be bought at farm stores or tack shops. The only difference between that and the stuff the dr office uses is the vetwrap is wider. I haven't bought any for a while, but I paid $3.99/roll this spring.

HI! Thanks! I'll look for it this weekend. I'm having a hard time finding a pharmacy that can fill the fenantyl patches! I've been calling around trying to find someone who has them in stock.

Hi Billye:

Alan never had to put anything over the lidoderm (lidocaine) patches. Those things were big but they stayed where you put them.

Now the little fentanyl patch, well, Alan was afraid they would come off in the shower so I got in touch with the people who made the fentanyl and they sent us the clear thing, that comes in it's own wrapper. Kind of like a big square bandaid. You take it out of the wrapper, and you peel one side off. Let me tell you, I went through so many of these things, because when you first open it up, you do not know how to use this thing. It unfurls from one side, then you peel it from another side, then you stick it over the fentanyl patch. I will never forget this. But Johnson and Johnson did make this. I will have to look up the name of this item.

Will get back.

Melody

P.S. I'd be afraid to use duct tape too

that the cover was Tegaderm.

One trick to applying patches is to clean the area well with alcohol.
Then blow dry it dry. Use Isopropyl. Alot of sticking issues have to do with
skin oils. Also hold the patch in place for a minute or two with pressure.
This helps as well. If they still won't stick...Tegaderm is the next option.

J&J used to send out covers for Duragesic...but I don't think that service
is available for the generic ones.

Tegaderm is very strong...and may damage sensitive skin, so be careful removing it if you use it.

Hi Mrs. D.

I have never heard of the word Tegaderm. So I can definitely tell you that was not the name of the cover thing that we got from Janssen Pharmaceuticals (the people who made the Duragesic Fentanyl pain patch). Alan was on their patient assistance program 5 years ago. Thank god for those people because his pain level was through the roof. And the day I rubbed the capsaicin creme on his toe, well forget it, I thought he would have a stroke. I probably should not have done what I did, but he was on 50 of the fentanyl and the only thing I could think to do was take a 25 patch and stick it next to the 50 patch. That put him on 75 of the fentanyl. Then I rubbed off the creme and applied ice.

That was a rough 1 hour experience at 1 a.m. I'll never forget it!!!

I have got to remember what the heck the name of those covers were.


UPDATE.....FOUND IT.

They are called: "Johnson & Johnson bioclusive wound management adhesive covers"


Melody