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BE CAREFUL OF BUTRANS

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Be careful.

It is prescribed in the US primarily as a way to get off of opioid addiction.

Here are some articles concerning:

1. Butrans as a “solution” to addiction:

Google search:

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Important article:

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl...

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I had a serious reaction too butrans patches my skin reacted by heating up turning inflamed over the course of the week !

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Sometimes the adhesive will have that effect.

I just found a paper from 2000 that says I was on something similar (probably to deal with my “cross-addiction” to painkillers, which I have NEVER abused.)

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