Can Other Medicines or Foods Affect the Fentanyl Skin Patch?
Some medicines may cause serious or life-threatening side effects when used with the fentanyl skin patch. Tell your healthcare professional about all the medicines you take including prescription and non-prescription medicines, vitamins, and herbal supplements. Sometimes, the doses of certain medicines and the fentanyl skin patch need to be changed when used together. Be especially careful about other medicines that make you sleepy such as other pain medicines, sleeping pills, anxiety medicines, antihistamines, or tranquilizers. Do not start any new prescription medicine, non-prescription medicine, or herbal supplement while using the fentanyl skin patch until you have talked to your healthcare professional. What Else Should I know About the Fentanyl Skin Patch? • Call your healthcare professional right away if you get a fever higher than 102?F. A fever may cause too much of the medicine in the fentanyl skin patch to pass into your body. Your healthcare professional may tell you to use
