[HopeAbides]

Hi Lani,

Just stumbled across your post while looking for patch solutions.

I am in stage 4 with metastasis in nodes and small lesions in nodes and spine. I had a lot of pain some 3 weeks ago when my onco prescribed me Buvalor patch(transdermal buprenorphine).

I was on 2 weeks on the patch with symptoms of headache, nausea and neck and jaw pain/stiffness.

Looked on the net and saw that the patch was causing the same and decided to bear the pain rather than its side effects. I removed the patch some 1 week ago.

Headache and drippy nose no more but the pain in the neck area and tightened jaws are still causing lot of problems.

Any idea whether this is still the patch's after effects even after 1 week or removal or something other cropping up? Any comments upon how many days does it take for the patch's effect to fully wean off?

My onco is vacationing and I wont have an answer till next week...

Hope Abides