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I've been living with chronic pain for about 18 years now and in all those years I have never heard of a doctor that would "EVER" prescribe those 2 medications together. They are simply too dangerous taken together, now if you take one or the other alone with some other lower class pain medication for the "breakthrough" pain that happens often with Oxycontin and the Fentanyl Patches, you would most likely have better success. It sounds like you are seeing a regular doctor instead of a Pain Management Doctor, I would search for a specialist in Pain Management and transfer all my care to him. That's what I did a few years ago, it took me over 10 years to find a Pain Management doctor that only deals with chronic pain patients, it was the best thing that I ever did. The level of care and treatment that I have had since is 100% improved, they know how to manage chronic pain patients effectively and are up to date on all the latest techniques and the medications that become available for pain relief. There are so many other medications that can be used in combination together that can help lesson a persons need for a lot of narcotics, they may still need some narcotics, but with the help of the other medications that they use, they can be limited. Also, I now have a Medtronics Spinal Implant that reduces my chronic pain down from a 9 to a level 3, it's like an internal TENS units that is always on. That also reduces ones need for the narcotics, so please try and find a Pain Management Specialist for your care and treatment. Using those 2 medications together, Oxycontin and the Fentanyl Patches are just too dangerous, I'm surprised your pharmacy even filled the prescriptions without questioning them. Good luck to you.