Chronic Pain - Unwaranted, and protested discontinuance of "Fentanyl Transdermal Patches!"?

Have you taken well to the change ? I am 71 . I was up to 75mcg before surgery , 10 years ago. After surgery , told to go to 25mcg. That was a real treat.
I'm on 25mcg ever other day, 2x 2mg hydromorphone for break through up to 5 times a day
Sacroiliac Joint Injection 3 times a year.
the pain is getting worse, I was told they were going to change me from Fentanyl
I live in Canada , I was told the spinal injections won't be as available as often.
How are you doing, are you off Fentanyl.
The ER Hydromorphone I find doesn't work as well , I'd rather deal with the 2 mg. They take a little longer to work , but do a better job.

The DEA is making it harder to get the patches. They do not realize that the patches are not what is killing people.
My son was prescribed these 50 mcg in 2003 after trying every pain pill we could find. The pills made you high and worked for about 3 or 4 hours. The patches do not work for 72 hours on some people, my son is one of them. I talked to the manufacturer / Mylan Labs, and they said to get the doctor to ask for 15 and change every 48 hours. This works like a champ. CVS has changed to another brand that I have no experience with (Calvogen).
In 2011 his doctor was arrested for selling pain pill prescriptions from his apartment.
It took talking to 28 different doctors before we found one that says they are great. We went to her for patches.

I’ve personally never used those, but when I spoke to a doc at PM A YEAR AGO, she said the practice no longer prescribes fentanyl (pill or patch), and no longer prescribes hydromorphone, a 12-hour med).
In the past year I’ve been cut from 10mg oxycodone qid to 7.5 qid.
For anyone who’s had their dose cut, how do you manage? I’m addition to pharmacy having a hell of a time getting pills, the dosage cut has put my pain from a steady 1-2 to a constant 5-6!