pain
"I started on 50 mcg. patch then subsequently moved to 75 and 100 mcg. strength over two years.  I got tired of the patches not lasting three days and being on them, so my doctor helped me get off them.  Now, three months later, I am miserable with pinched nerves that wake me up every hour at night and nothing else is working.  So, I plan to go back on them on a temporary basis -- until I can have decompression surgery in the summer.  The problem is no patch I've used, and have tried many (gel, matrix, five different brands) is I got one full day without breakthrough meds, had to use breakthrough after 48 hours, and the patch was totally useless after 48 hours, which made me use up a lot of breakthrough medication."