Open AccessFentanyl patches: Use and Misuse
Author(s) -
N. Langford
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
acute medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.14
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1747-4892
pISSN - 1747-4884
DOI - 10.52964/amja.0807
Subject(s) - fentanyl , medicine , transdermal , acute pain , opioid , anesthesia , chronic pain , intensive care medicine , pharmacology , psychiatry , receptor
Transdermal fentanyl is a well-used and highly effective form of opioid analgesia for patients suffering with severe chronic pain. It is also an opioid that is widely abused. Acute clinicians need to be aware of the methods by which fentanyl patches may be used both therapeutically and illicitly as well as the impact this can have in managing a patient’s period of intoxication