Safety issues with transdermal opioid medications - Australian and ...
Safety issues with transdermal opioid medications - Australian and ...
Safety issues with transdermal opioid medications - Australian and ...
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• “Despite these efforts FDA has continued<br />
to receive reports of death <strong>and</strong> life-<br />
threatening adverse events .. when the<br />
fentanyl patch was:<br />
• used to treat pain in <strong>opioid</strong>-na<br />
naïve patients<br />
• <strong>opioid</strong>-tolerant patients have applied more<br />
patches than prescribed,<br />
• changed the patch too frequently,<br />
• <strong>and</strong> exposed the patch to a heat source. “
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