You hear a lot about an “opioid crisis” going on, but this has a lot of misinformation and it is hurting chronic pain patients.People are lead to believe that opioids in general are killing people and cutting back on prescribing them is the way forward. This is simply NOT true.The fact is that nearly all … Read more
I worry often about what will happen when I am no longer able to get the Matrifen or an equivalent.Matrifen is the only thing that touched the pain that I can get on prescription. I get chills and sweats on the night before I change my patch which is awful but that is because it … Read more
I have now been put on Amitriptyline as well as the Fentanyl and Morphine as the pain is getting worse due to tolerance I guess and I can’t go higher on the Fentanyl as I already get a lot of side effects and it is worse on a higher dose. This won’t work as I … Read more
Well after trying increasing the patches to every 48 hours, it got rid of the chills I have starting around 50ish hours, but the “drunk” feeling I have the day after changing my patch was worse and started a few hours of changing the patch instead of the day after. I was very hot all … Read more
I changed to putting my patch on every 48 hours after confirming with my doctor, and it seemed all good to start with but now I am sweating buckets and hot all the time BUT still getting chills too… I am normally a cold person, I am cold below around 25c which as a brit … Read more
I was trying to work out how different I feel on medication to how I was before I started any. I had been on so many different medications that did nothing but give me side effects before I was put on the Fentanyl that helps the pain a bit with the least side effects so … Read more