ive been on the 5mg patches for back pain for 6months,but i have sleep disturbance and puritis..i have decided to stop them two days ago..am i doing myself harm... i have had shaky legs during the night..what other symptoms could i have and do i need to inform my doctor... i am still taking co-codamol 30/500
Buprenorphine - what are the withdrawal symptoms from butrans patches 5mg?
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- 12 Feb 2012 by mckaya5
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- pain, back pain, sleep disorders, buprenorphine, withdrawal, sleep, butrans
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Thor28312 Feb 2012
Yes I think you should tell your Doc. Explain to him why you want to stop using it. I hope he helps you with this.
There shouldn't be much withdrawal from 5 mcg and only 6 months. That's also the lowest dose patch there is. The only kind of slow withdrawal I know of with a patch would be to use it as 1 day on, and 1 day off. After 2 weeks do 1 day on, 2 days off. On week 3 make it 1 day on, 3 days off. Do this or some variation of this. When you see you can keep leaving it off, then do so.
I'm not sure what you mean by are you doing yourself harm, what kind of harm?
LaurieShay12 Feb 2012
Buprenorphine is a long acting medication which means you may not feel the worst of the withdrawals for 3 to 5 days after stopping. You may experience body aches, flu-like symptoms with the restlessness. Best to inform the doc of the itching and sleep problems and maybe the doc will have a better alternative. The tramadol will help ease the withdrawal but be careful you don't take more than prescribed and be aware that it can be addictive too.
mckaya5
13 Feb 2012
thankyou for your reply... i am infact feeling the way you have described..i am hoping to go with the flow and just use the co-codamol and live with it... i suppose i just get fed up with having chronic pain and the fact that it isnt going to disappear... thanks again
LaurieShay
13 Feb 2012
Hang in there and you should be feeling somewhat better soon. The co codamol should help some, just be careful to not overdo.
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hi thanks for reply... think i was half asleep when i wrote am i doing myself harm... i probably just meant will i increase the withdrawal effects... i took the patch off and do feel a bit restless, especially my legs during the night..you know that sort of feeling where your legs are still trying to walk and you are lying down... sorry, dont think i am explaining it properly... i do feel more sore, but expected that... anyone got a magic wand... hope you keep well and thankyou for your respone..it has helped me a lot.
They call it restless leg syndrome, RLS or rls. It's a very common withdrawal symptoms. Baclofen or Robaxin help this. You need a script, and this is why you should tell the Doc, so he knows why you want a muscle relaxer. Good luck.