Posted by Ame Sans Vie on March 13, 2004, at 9:02:12
In reply to Re: Psych doc put me on Fentenyl for depression!, posted by noa on March 13, 2004, at 8:03:04
I used the 5mg Duragesic patch for a short while to ease fibromyalgia pain -- I wasn't at all impressed with it to tell you the truth. I put one patch on and waited 24 hours, felt no relief, and so added on an extra patch. The next day I felt some negligible pain relief, but no CNS effects at all. It wasn't until I actually chewed up one of the patches (out of frustration) that it really worked for my pain -- and this of course would be a fatal overdose for many people! I just kept nodding off in between periods of being somewhat alert and pain-free, but certainly not euphoric or anything. I've felt the same effect taking 10 *Darvon* capsules, if that tells you anything. I find this stuff to be very highly overrated (both for pain and for recreation).
By the way, I was not opioid-tolerant when I began using the patch -- I had been taking 400mg/day of Ultram for quite a while, but that stuff just barely posseses any opioidergic qualities worth mentioning.
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