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kkmom · 06-21-2007, 06:40 PM

I have been on the patches for aout 3 weeks now went from 75mcg to 100mcg and yesterday i increased it as ordered to the 100 mcg, i have been itching just today and I do that with alomost any opiate but my ? is i placed it on my left upper arm yesterday and covered it with paper tape, i must be allergis to the papper tape because i had to remove it today because of the itchiness around it, redness and puffiness, now my ? to you is can I put on another patch in a different spot with a different tape without gettimg too much or causing problems?
Thanks

06-21-2007, 06:40 PM	#1
kkmom Senior Veteran (female) Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hawthorne, California, USA Posts: 1,110	? about fentanyl patch I have been on the patches for aout 3 weeks now went from 75mcg to 100mcg and yesterday i increased it as ordered to the 100 mcg, i have been itching just today and I do that with alomost any opiate but my ? is i placed it on my left upper arm yesterday and covered it with paper tape, i must be allergis to the papper tape because i had to remove it today because of the itchiness around it, redness and puffiness, now my ? to you is can I put on another patch in a different spot with a different tape without gettimg too much or causing problems? Thanks