Sarah,
Most of us weaned ourselves slowly from the Duragesic patches. I gradually went from 75 to 50 to 25 to nothing. Even then I felt a little sluggish and depressed for a few days after getting off of the patches. I think that it is quite dangerous to make radical changes in pain killing medications without proper medical direction. Thanks for the message.

Danny G.


Stage IV Base of Tongue SCC
Diagnosed July 1, 2002, chemo and radiation treatments completed beginning of Sept/02.