This medication is used to help relieve sudden (breakthrough) cancer pain in people who are regularly taking moderate to large amounts of narcotic pain medication. Fentanyl belongs to a class of drugs known as narcotic (opiate) analgesics. It works in the brain to change how your body feels and responds to pain.
This medication should not be used to relieve mild or short-term...
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Since 2007, the FDA has been discussing and debating the development of Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) for opioid... Read more »
Two weeks ago we told you that the 25mcg/hr fentanyl transdermal system patches (also known as Duragesic patches) were being recalled due... Read more »
Late yesterday Actavis Inc. announced a voluntary recall of 18 lots of Fentanyl Transdermal System 25 mcg/hour C-II patches manufactured... Read more »
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced Tuesday that one lot of 100 mcg/hr Fentanyl Transdermal System patches sold in the U.S. is being... Read more »