A descriptive case series: oral transmucosal fentanyl use in patients with noncancerous pain.
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.
Guarino
Anthony H
AH
Washington University, Department of Anesthesiology, St. Louis, Missouri, USA.
Myers
Jennifer
J
Cornell
Martha E
ME
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
D005283:Fentanyl