Heidi re duragesic patches

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Heidi,

First of all thanks for the prayers. My dad is doing great! Some mild

depression but nothing major. That is something I was worried about. He had

pretty

severe depression after his first heart attack 3 years ago.

I started today on the 25 mcg. patch. I am using oxycodone 10 mg. for

breakthrough. My doc said I would know within 24 hours if the relief will be

what I

need. I thought it may take some time to get in my system with the delivery

being so different on this med but she said it gets in there pretty quickly.

I am hoping that it works. The main thing I don't like about the oxycontin

is the headache I had with it and then if I overslept and missed my time I

would really experience pain. The patch has that advantage for me, in that I

don't

have to wake up at a certain time to take it. It is on there for 3 days and I

can put it on at night and not worry about missing that dose in the morning.

I really hope it works.

What dosage do you use now? She said we would gradually increase it as

necessary. That we could do 25 then 50 and then wait 2 cycles (6 days) before

increasing to 75. That will give me time to adjust to any side effects.

I tell ya', this doc is wonderful! She is willing to try anything with me to

get relief and has educated herself on my illness. She did not have many

patients with this illness and none with SOD or pancreas divisum. I appreciate

her

so much!!!

Hope you are doing great! Have a great day!

Angie in SC

" The happiest of people don't necessarily have the

best of everything; they just make the best of everything that comes along

their way. "