Hello and welcome! Your symptoms are caused by withdrawal from the fentanyl and they would be the same with any other opiate. It's just the nature of the beast when we taper off opiate therapy. RLS and increased pain are usually the first symptoms.
Hot baths with epsom salts help a lot with withdrawal-induced RLS. The relief is only temporary but worth the effort.
For starters, the fentenyl pain patch has a 72 hr span- NOT 48 hrs. My dad also uses it at times just for bad leg cramps he gets from time-to-time. Learn about treatment of muscular contractions that cause menstrual cramps and associated back pain. Read More; Muscle Pain. Icy Hot ® Patch. Leona Run Rapidshare Library. We Tried A Device To Get Rid Of Our Period Cramps. Nachum told BuzzFeed that. The idea is that the vibration from the device travels faster than pain. Butrans Side Effects. Generic Name. Neck pain, myalgia, chest pain, leg cramps, bone pain, general. Therapeutic doses (10 mcg/hour transdermal patch).
I've heard some people say that using heating pads on their legs (or arms if arms are also included) can also help. There is also a an over-the-counter product made by Hylands Pharmaceuticals called 'Restful Legs.' They have two compounds and you want the one that contains quinine.
Venom Welcome To Hell Remastered Rare. Make sure you check with your doctor or pharmacist before you use it to make sure the quinine doesn't interact with any other meds you're taking. I seem to recall that benadryl is contraindicated with quinine.
Is your pain doctor helping you out at all with a taper schedule? The patch can be a difficult one to taper. Some docs will switch you over to a pill which is easier to cut down with. I've been tapering from the patch too - down to 12 mcg from 75 mcg. It's taken me nearly a year to get to this point.
With my doctor's blessing, I cut slivers off the patch and taper that way. You can't do that with the gel patches. As far as I know, Mylan Pharmaceuticals is the only company that manufactures a non-gel patch that can be cut. It looks like a piece of scotch tape. Leave it on the plastic backing, cut off and throw out what you don't need and then apply the rest as usual. Once you get to equal halves, you can still use the other piece. You're getting low enough now that I'm not at all surprised you're beginning to feel withdrawal symptoms.
