Seda,

I went off the 25 mg patch when I thought i was doing ok. I did not tell my doctor I was going to do this.

I had a good day then two rough ones. It takes a day for your body to clear the drug from your fat. The patch delivers the fentynol to your fat over 18 hours and then it is your fat that delivers the drug to your body. If you have very little fat content, the patch does not work very well.

I told my doctor what I had done and said I had a few rough days. He let me know that he could have prescribed a mild sedative for a few days as withdrawal does occure for a few days but the symptoms from the 25mg level are not that bad (although uncomfortable. He said cold turkey was very acceptable at this dosage. He mentioned a few days of dicomfort and that was about it. I was OK by the end of the week.