The Incidence of Severe Diarrhea with Transdermal Fentanyl Patch: An Uncommon Event.
Cancer pain is a major problem for the health care providers. One of the most important aspects of cancer pain is palliative care management. Recently, different research finding shows the efficacy of opioid analgesics such as fentanyl transdermal patch in chronic pain management. Transdermal Fentanyl patches may cause side effects such as drowsiness, dizziness, itching, life-threatening or serious breathing difficulties and diarrhea, mainly during the first 72 h of patient's treatment initiation and any time when the drug's dose is increased. We report three case reports of severe diarrhea without most common side effects associated with Fentanyl patches during first 72 h of patient's treatment.
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Pain Fellowship, Ilam University of Medical Sciences , Ilam, Iran .
Karim
K
Hemati
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesia, Pain Fellowship, Iran University of Medical Sciences , Tehran, Iran .
Poupak Rahim
PR
Zadeh
Analgesics cancer; Chemotherapy; Pain