title: A descriptive case series: oral transmucosal fentanyl use in patients with noncancerous pain.
abstract: Transmucosal fentanyl is indicated for patients with cancer who are opioid tolerant, but it is also used for the treatment of noncancerous pain. The following is a survey study of the use of transmucosal fentanyl in 29 patients with noncancerous pain in an academic, community-based pain management practice. Transmucosal fentanyl was found to be safe and efficacious in the patients studied.
authors.affiliation: Washington University, Department of Anesthesiology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Anthony H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Guarino
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Myers
authors.forename: Martha E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Cornell
mesh_terms: D000284:Administration, Oral; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D005283:Fentanyl / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy*; D012189:Retrospective Studies
chemical_list: D005283:Fentanyl