"my doctor recently put me on the duragesic patches. for years i have tried many other medications with nothing positive to say about them, until now. i tried the patch and automatically thought it was great. i put the patch on, and it seemed like even though it says 72 hours it really only helped for 48. i made my doctor aware of these concerns and he instructed me to replace the patch every 48 hours and placed me on a breakthrough medication. since then i have actually been comfortable for the first time since my accident. i think the patch is great!"