Why would a pain management doctor?!


Question: Why would a pain management doctor!?
Take some off the Fentynal patch 12mcg and put them on Methadone 2!.5mg twice daily if the patch wasn't helping with the persons pain!?
Wouldn't that be less pain medication!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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The 12!.5 mcg per hour fentanyl has an equivalent analgesic effect to approximately 2 mg of methadone per day!. By taking 2!.5 mg twice per day this essentially doubles the dose immediately!. Secondly, due to the extremely long half-life elimination of methadone from the body, the medication accumulates in the body so that on the second day you have even more analgesic effect than the first day!. Finally after 72 hours the body metabolizes the methadone in the system into another opiate substance which produces even more analgesic effect!.

Due to the way methadone works you will need 2-4 mg to equal a 25 mcg fentanyl patch and probably get a similar effect!.

In opiate pain medications you cannot compare the milligrams in the dose to the milligrams as each medication has it's own potency!.

Fentanyl is quite strong so it is dosed in micrograms (mcg) which equal of a 1/1000 milligram (mg)Www@Answer-Health@Com

Not at all, you can't compare the strength of the patch to the Methadone as they are used differently in the body!. It is like comparing apples and oranges!. Also, mcg (micrograms) are actually less than mg (milligrams)!. In fact, 12 mcg =!.012 mg when converted!.

It makes sense that if the patch was not helping the person's pain that they shouldn't be taking it!.

Methadone is a strong pain reliever and the person most likely will get more pain relief from it!.

I hope that helps!

MichelleWww@Answer-Health@Com

Partly to help your body get off of the Patch, and also to get something in the bloodstream instead of topically!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

12mcg is significantly less than 2!.5mg!. also could be 2 different pain killersWww@Answer-Health@Com

no, methadone is way stronger!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

it's less pain medication, but Methadone is as strong as it gets as far as pain medication!. 12mcg's of methadone would stop you from breathing!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.so yes it's less!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.but is more at the same time!.!.!.!.!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

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