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Does Fentanyl Enter The Blood Stream After Handling The Fentanyl Patches?
My mother has breast, lung, bone cancer. I care for her. She takes a fentanyll patch 25mcg every 72 hours. I apply & remove old patches. My doctor did a urine sample that came back that I had vicodin in my system. However I have not done any vicoden, is it possiable that from handling the patches since they are opiate based?
Tue, 24 Jul 2018
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Handling the opiod patches with bare hands may cause absorption of very tiny amounts of drug through micro opening s in the skin. It doesn't cause any health issues but might give a positive result in a dope test.
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Handling the opiod patches with bare hands may cause absorption of very tiny amounts of drug through micro opening s in the skin. It doesn't cause any health issues but might give a positive result in a dope test.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
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