General description
Fentanyl is a potent synthetic opioid that is suitable for transdermal administration for management of chronic pain including cancer pain.
INN
Fentanyl
Medicine type
Chemical agent
EML status history
First added in 2017
(TRS
1006)
for
Chronic cancer pain
Application rejected in 2023
(TRS
1049)
for
Other specified chronic cancer related pain
Wikipedia
DrugBank
Recommendations
Section
Opioid analgesics
- Local > Topical > Transdermal patch: 12 µg/hour; 25 µg/hour; 50 µg/hour; 75 µg/hour; 100 µg/hour
- Oral > Solid: 100 to 800 µg sub-lingual tablet (as citrate); 200 to 1600 µg lozenge (as citrate)
- Oral > Other: 200 to 1200 µg buccal film (as citrate)