Anyone taking Buprenorphine patches (Butec)?

Yes I had the patches for upper back pain but found I had side effects. Now I have had trigger pain injections along my spine, done privately, and liquid morphine for when I have break through pain. The morphine I take is 5mg just once every few days. At least I can now function as a human being.

Why not ask for liquid morphine so you are in control and only take it when in pain.

someone i know has these patches, changed twice a week i believe. we write the date on them.
i think hers are 52.5 mcg.
that sounds very high compared with what others say here.
but i think that is correct.
she has been in hosp recently and there were several pharmacy items which they could not provide her, including this dosage.
she has complex medical conditions, which are progressive.
and bears a lot of pain.
she is actually quite brave. and annoying at times.

Thanks for the info. My patch re4leases 5mcg and hour and is good at keeping the worst of the pain at bay without major side effects thank goodness.

When I had my patches I had to change them once a week and not put it in the same place, also had to keep it dry. I didn’t have pain all the time, just terrible upper back pain for about 2 hours a day, usually in the afternoon. So I felt I didn’t need a patch releasing morphine over a 24 hour period. Hence one of the reasons for the change to liquid morphine

I am the same in that the patches need changing once a week. But it says you can shower in them which is good - they do not have to be kept dry.

Welbeck, maybe your friend has a different sort of pain patch and not Buprenorphine? It sounds like she may be prescribed Fentanyl patches which are changed every 72 hours and come in a range up to 75mcg/hr. Fentanyl is also opiod based so the same concerns about dependence can occur.

no. definitely buprenorphine.
i put one on yesterday, and wrote on it, just above the descriptor.
reminds me, i must check when exactly it is due to be changed.
and order some more, as we had to take some to the hosp as they wouldn't couldn't provide them.
no visiting allowed, just had to hand them in, so hope they were actually used for her. rather doubtful. ditto some specialised preparation for some areas of her skin.
may be difficult to reuest more from local pharmacy, as they'll say you had some not long ago...
also the hosp discharge note says she was discharged to another hospital, and had come from usual residence.
completely wrong way round. may cause problems re attendance allowance.
when i mentioned attendance allowance to physio on the ward, she said she had never heard of it, nor pip.
glad to have got her out of there.

Strength of buprenorphine
Buprenorphine comes in different strengths, depending on the type:

patches – these release 5 micrograms, 10 micrograms, 15 micrograms or 20 micrograms every hour for 7 days, or 35 micrograms, 52.5 micrograms or 70 micrograms every hour for 3 or 4 days

www.nhs.uk/medicines/buprenorphine-for-pain/

Thank you Welbeck.

Barmeyoldbat

Why not ask for liquid morphine so you are in control and only take it when in pain.

Barmey usually Oramorph (liquid morphine) is given for acute pain, so taken as and when needed; and the patches used for chronic pain.

Lucky's patch gives her up to 5mgs in one week, whereas one single dose of Oramorph can be 5mgs or more.

I do feel that I am on the right treatment, especially as I now have a broken foot too - it keeps the worst of the pain at bay and I top up with paracetamol when things get bad.

I was given patches so that the drug goes straight into the blood stream as I have some liver problems. I do think I am on the right treatment as it has gradually given some relief.

Got it riverwalk

Lucky girl 3. I have just come off butec morphine patches 5 mg. Been on them start of March. Decided to come off then on day 11 only just staring to feel well what a journey been alfull

Lucky girl 3. Not slept at all 4 days. It. Does something to your brain. Had to get help from the doctor it’s a antiistrrmean But it trains the brain back into sleep mode. You can sominex. For sleep. Got same product. In your brain needs. Been a horrible experience be Careful

I'm on the Butec 20 patches which I change weekly. As a pain relief it's brilliant, but I get incredibly itchy under the patch and it sort of comes in little bumps which are wet. I dry them off and they are then very dry. Anyone else like this?

a neighbour has the 52.5 patches, changed twice in a week.
they are stuck on to her back shoulder area.
i guess they help her.
i wrote about this before when it was being discussed and someone came on to tell me that was impossible, i must have put the point in the wrong place. it concerned me, so i checked with the patch and then looked up their usage.
it was as i had stated.
i can understand someone saying they'd never heard of that potency, or were surprised by it, but to firmly state that no such thing existed or couldn't possibly be used on a person, well it annoyed me a bit, as it caused unnecessary worry.

Apparently people who take morphine for severe pain rarely get addicted to it.
Not sure how that works but I've heard it said a few times.

If it works you should take it.
Pain is horrible.

the previous discussion may have been on MN. they tend to be more definite/deluded in their pronouncements on there.