Removing Adhesive From The Duragesic Patches

[Guest guest]

Angie,

Two other ways to remove the adhesive from Duragesic Patches are:

1) Put an ice cube in a washcloth and rub against the adhesive.

2) Ask the nurse at your doctor's office, lab, or hospital for

several adhesive removal pads. They look just like the package of

alcohol swabs used before they dray blood to clean a site. I stored

up on them when I had TPN, as the nurse used the adhesive removal pads

to remove the adhesive from the Op-Site (Tegaderm, etc)

Karyn , RN

Executive Director, PAI

Indianapolis, Indiana

[Guest guest]

Karyn and Angie,

another way of removing the adhesive from Duragesic pads is to use

rubbing alcohol. Just put some rubbing alcohol on a cotton swab or use

an alcohol pad and rub against the adhesive. This was advice a nurse

gave me as I had one acute attack in the hospital where they had me on

the Duragesic pads. This also works for any other type of adhesive

residue left from other objects: tape, etc.

Kimber

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Kimber

Vallejo, CA

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Note: All advice given is personal opinion, not equal to that of a licensed

physician or health care professional.