My Mother has been on the
Fentanyl Brand
Duragesic Patch for well over two years, dosage 50 mcg/hr. She pays full price since her Kaiser doesn't cover name brands. She was very excited to learn Kaiser finally received the Generic Brand Mylan and her prescription would only have a $10.00 COPAY instead of $700.00 or more. Having no problems for over 2 years on the Name Brand she had no idea what she was in for. As soon as she started the MYLAN patch she went through withdrawals, sweating, rashes, sick and in a lot of pain, it was obvious this new generic patch was not the same. She contacted MYLAN directly and they denied any difference in the two patches, she called her Pharmacy and her Doctor, everyone is denying any difference but she still continues to be in pain. I had her try putting two of the 50 mcg/hr MYLAN Patches on to see if they would work more like the NON-GENERIC and she does get more pain relief but her doctor does not want her using two. I don't belive that the same amount of medication is equivalent in these Generic Patches. Anyone know if any Clinical Trials were done when testing for the Equivalence to approve this New Geneneric MYLAN Patch.
Hope