Butrans for Pain User Reviews (Page 3)

• sixer...
• July 8, 2011

"Have had chronic left shoulder pain for the past 4 years. Tried massage therapy, chiropractor, physical therapy, etc., etc. Been taking 4 doses of Tylenol and Motrin for 4 years. Finally got my doctor to give me something to help. I have been on the 5mcg patch for 4 days and have been absolutely pain free since. The only side effect has been it itches sometimes at the application site. I can deal with the itching since I am absolutely pain free after struggling for the past 4 years. "

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 27, 2015

"I have a broken tail bone and an L4 fracture, didnt want pain pills so dr prescribed Butrans. Within 1 hour of putting 5mg patch on I was dizzy and light headed. I went to bed and woke up still in pain and still dizzy. Day 2 nausea kicked in and still dizzy, by after i had to call dr because i had a bad headache and very nauseated. Took Dramamine and helped a lil. Day 3 - i felt very out of it when i woke up, by 11am, i was extremely nauseated, dizzy and shaking. Took a Dramamine and ate lunch, this did not help felt horrible at work. I took the patch off at 12 noon and had to leave work. I am home and its 6 hours later, shaking has stopped, still very nauseated and dizzy. Very upset because the back pain had almost been totally gone"

• lee
• December 6, 2011

"I was put on the 10mg...it kind of helped with the pain but I feel dragged down from it and people keep telling me and asking me if I was tired or sick. I'm young, well 34 and I have 2 children 7 and 17 and I'm not wanting to do 2 much these days because of it. "

• JustR...
• November 23, 2015

"I want to update since May 2015. It has been 6 months. I will say YES the pain patch works if your tolerant and give it time and have the correct dose. It does stay on it you folow directions and bathe correct. What I hate is I can't get in the sun. I live in Florida. I cant swim or it will start peeling they are not cheap. It has restricted my work outs. I have no more interest in it not sure why. I'm about to pick up my last box. I' going to slow the use of them by cutting them over time. I just put on my last patch for this box. Im going to wear it for 14 days not 7. Then I'm going to cut the next patch in 2 wear it 7 days and then the other 1/2 14 days. then the 3rd patch in 3. The same with 4th. I have tramadol if need be."

• Louli
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 31, 2016

"I started off on 5mg they had no effect so Gp upped to 10mg. By the second day the pain had reduced substantially and things felt good. I've suffered for eight years with sacroiliac pain S1, herniated discs L4/5/6 at base. Just had successful total hip op. However I've had to come off them due to the very bad side effects, nausea, crawling itchy feeling under the skin,unable to sit in the sun and if I did suffered greatly, irritability, very low mood, and worst of all hot flushes. I'm back to my old self now. When peps start telling you you've changed, it's no joke and was very relieved to get them out of my system. Having said that, I know they work for some."

• Kat...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 10, 2017

"I have been on this patch for almost 3 weeks. I noticed stomach pain in the beginning and it's been steadily getting worse. I went to the ER thinking it was gallstones. Nope. So I took the patch off and will be following up with my family doctor. This patch took away 60%-85% of my pain but the stomach pains are so bad it's just not worth it."

• Anonymous
• August 25, 2011

"I just started using the patch yesterday and after sleeping I saw that the patch was starting to come off. I had to put medical tape all around the patch to keep it on; but even the tape is folding up I am not sure that this patch will last longer than 2 days. I am afraid to take a shower because I think the thing is going to come right off."

• Lily
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 21, 2020

"The humiliation of having to do a urine drug test for most of my DR visits (2020 - government.) But now I'm thankful because the Butrans patch was NOT showing up in my urine 2 months in a row. I had complained to the doctor each month that I was still in a lot of pain. Third month he finally confirmed the medicine from Butrans patch was definitely not in my body and changed medication. The patch sat on top of my skin- the medicine part wasn't touching my skin. It did work the 1st 2 months, and did take my pain away. I don't know if the formula changed."

• Vicky
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 2, 2020

"On my second patch of butrans 10mgs Honestly I could sit and cry, it’s not helping at all. I will be phoning my doctor and the hospital tomorrow. I’m devastated that I’m in more pain than with other medication they are trying to replace, down from 6 tramadol to 3 per day. Just want to rip the patch off and take the tramadol"

• JakeF...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 21, 2014

"I have not been on it longer than 2 days yet. I have a weeks patch at 20mg. I have results but I'm still in some pain. My DR has told me to use a further 10mg patch! I will add this on Monday and write again."

• JustA...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• May 14, 2016

"Been on this for 4 months now and it has brought relief that I hadn't had in yrs. I have too many issues to name. My dose was upped this month to 7.5. I found that after abt 5 days the patch is wearing off. Last month the dr changed the rx to every 5 days instead of 7 but this presented a bit of a problem w/ins filling it. Since there's only 4 in a box I had to go back on day 20 to fill again (w/additional copy). Still, every 5 days was better but I did still have breakthrough pain. The prob for me was that the dr changed me from 4x a day tramadol to 3x a day so I still had issues This is my 2nd week on higher dose and back to 4x day tram. The patch is good but I have rash/itch at app site and contstipation that I didn't have w/Norco."

• Julie...
• September 17, 2015

"I increased from 5mg to 10mg of butrans patch 3 days ago. My pain has eased quite a bit. However I'm getting this weird buzzing noises constantly in my head it increases when I blink to. Feels weird and irritating to. Wondering if this is anything to worry about. Feel really lightheaded and drowsy."

• Plus
• March 8, 2018

"I have been on Percocet 10/325 for a couple years now for back pain. Well I decided to tell my pain med doctor that I wanted to get off them because you hear so many horror story’s about this drug, plus it would sometimes make me sick and head feel foggy, but worked wonders for pain...so doc put me on BUTRANS patch 10mcg plus 5mg Percocet...I had the patch on for 4 days and my pain in my back was terrible! I never felt this much pain before plus it was making me sick...so I called the doctor and of course can’t get me in for another 2 weeks, so I been taking the Percocet but sometimes take 2 which I know is not good because of the acetaminophen in them. The doctor call me in some nausea meds, which help a lot when taking Percocet, not sure about patch cause I took it off, I am thinking about putting another one on and just and get through the pain. Does anyone know if you say you want off the percs, but other meds not working will doc put you back on percs"

• Steve
• Taken for 10 years or more
• July 30, 2023

"Been on 10 mcg patch for 15 years. It was a total miracle for me right away! Prior to this, I was taking 90 hydros a month. But this worked many times better than the hydros ever did. After being on this for so many years, I have two major observations to make: 1) For some reason, there’s a significant percentage of pain patients this won’t work for at all. I was always amazed to hear anyone say this didn’t work for them, but I personally know people who said that to me. So I guess it’s either a home run or a flop. 2) This second issue really pisses me off. As many other reviewers have stated, this sh** doesn’t last 7 days! It’s over by day 5. And my last two pain docs were oblivious to this fact. If you are a pain doc, how in the world were you not taught this shortcoming on day 1 of medical school? And how did the manufacturer get away with its claims of it lasting 7 days? Docs need to have a plan for this poop out!"

• RareF...
• June 11, 2011

"So far I have been on the Butran's patch for about 2 weeks. I have a rare genetic disorder called Familial Mediterranean Fever. Basically my body can't stop normal body inflammation and hormones, physical exertion, and strong emotions can make the inflammation worse and that is an attack. The pain is unbelievable. I've been on Vicodin for the chronic pain and for the pain when I have an attack for 3 years. After being on Norco's for 8 months they just weren't doing it for me anymore during my attacks. My doctor started me on the 10mg Butran's patches along with my normal amount of Norco pills. Right now I can only say that it helps along with the pills (3-4 a day). But they itch really bad, I get a rash at the site, and I have problems peeing."

• Alfasan
• May 27, 2011

"Very effective for pain relief. For me the itching and long lasting (up to a month after use) red squares in all areas where the patch has been applied are serious setbacks. Several solutions have been suggested but none of them have helped. Because of the itching and the efforts to reduce it, the patches tend to fall off. It seems I scratch the area at night and dislodge the patch. Any abnormal stress in my life tends to aggravate these side effects. But as stated they work for pain relief."

• VgoATX
• July 23, 2015

"I just started this yesterday, so I will continue to update on it. My low score doesn't indicate that it isn't working for me, just that is not yet had a chance to. So far though I have been up the entire night itching. Not at the application Site, but all over just like I do when I'm coming down from morphine, or other anesthesia after surgery. I hope that this passes because I'm very optimistic that this will work for me. My doctor just switched me to Butrans yesterday to replace Norco and baclofen because my breakthrough pain was just getting so frequent and so severe that the other drugs were worthless. Reading everybody else's stories though makes me feel very optimistic about Butrans."

• Sammi...
• July 2, 2016

"I took one of these huge patches back when I pretty opiate intolerant, thinking g it would be like a fentanyl patch Lol. This thing had me leaning after I smoked, couldn't walk right. Didn't like the residue left over."

• Realist
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 28, 2022

"I tried these patches with an open mind having read many reviews now, I see that they are mostly positive. I agree as they changed my life. I’m no longer in constant pain and am free to live a full and meaningful life again, without painkiller tablets I.e Codeine. I haven’t been this happy since the birth of my last child. They have changed my whole life. I feel utterly relieved that I was prescribed these, I am happy again and I feel like my old self again before my pain began. Except even better. I have even lost weight since starting them which was usually mission impossible for me. I guess they wouldn’t work for everyone because everyone is different but I’m very grateful they have worked miracles for me. I’m a new, better, happier changed version of myself. My pain used to make me so depressed which led to a lot of bad life choices including excessive gambling. No more!"

• dmill
• October 16, 2011

"Only thing I've found that works, and keeps me able to work."

• Drewnd
• March 7, 2017

"I've suffered from severe chronic pain for many years. I've gone through all the opiates. My pain doctor put me on this worthless patch. Even at max dosage it doesn't even help mild muscle pain."

• Ostrich
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 5, 2018

"Felt it is great for people who are not active. If you don't sit still well it doesn't touch the pain"

• Idiot...
• October 12, 2016

"Horrible,worst thing I ever done"

• Moust...
• December 28, 2016

"Not practical Not very strong A lot of drug interactions and Side effects"

• Edmon...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 4, 2016

"Butrans patch took away all my pain"