"i started taking this medication several years after a failed back surgery.  regular pain medicines did not last long enough to allow me to sleep more than 2 hours at a time, so my md said i could try the patch so the pain medication would last for a longer period.
as far as pain control i would say the patch worked very well.  i was just using the 25mcg/hour strength and i started being able to sleep for 4 hours at a time, so i was happy about that although 4 hours still wasn&#039;t great.  

i did not ever have any feelings of euphoria, i just felt &quot;normal&quot; finally, and was able to get some housework done that i could not do before because of the constant back pain.  i did have some break-through pain that was relieved with motrin or lortab."