Patch Placement Advice?

[֍ Bethie, Empress of the Orcs ֎]

I am hyperactive, and have always found it hard to find a place patches will stay on me with any reliability. I have used belly, butt, outside of thighs, and upper arms. Each with varying degrees of success. And failure.

I move a lot. I flex a lot. I wiggle a lot. I toss and turn in bed a lot.

Anyone have any advice on how to handle this?

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[Dana Munson]

Oooh! I am glad this subject came up, since I am getting close to the time when my endo will be prescribing “E” for me, probably to come via patches (from what he has previously said).

[DeeAnn Hopings]

Offhand, I would think that under clothes would help as well as large square  bandages over the patch. Also, since our bodies sweat and/or pass oils through the skin, cleaning the site with an astringent before applying the patch may also help.

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