A safe and effective method for converting cancer patients from intravenous to transdermal fentanyl

A safe and effective method for converti

A safe and effective method for converting patients from transdermal to intravenous fentanyl for the treatment of acute cancer-related pain

✍ Craig A. Kornick; Juan Santiago-Palma; Glenn Schulman; Peter C. O'Brien; Stephen 📂 Article 📅 2003 🏛 John Wiley and Sons 🌐 English ⚖ 70 KB 👁 1 views

## Abstract ## BACKGROUND The delayed effects (12–16 hours) of transdermal fentanyl make dose titration difficult during acute exacerbations of cancer pain. Patients at the authors' institution routinely are switched from transdermal to intravenous (IV) fentanyl using a 1:1 (transdermal:IV) conver