Management of an Oral Ingestion of Transdermal Fentanyl Patches: A Case Report and Literature Review

Purpose. Fentanyl is available as a transdermal system for the treatment of chronic pain in opioid-tolerant patients; however, it carries a black box warning due to both the potency of the product and the potential for abuse. In this report, we describe a case of transbuccal and gastrointestinal in...

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Main Authors: Andrew C. Faust, Ralph Terpolilli, Darrel W. Hughes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/495938
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