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Drug safety · Feb 2020

Effectiveness of Risk Minimization Measures for Fentanyl Buccal Tablet (FENTORA) in Canada: A Mixed-Methods Evaluation Using Surveys, Medical Chart Records and Web Surveillance.

Fentanyl buccal tablet (FBT), a potent opioid, was approved in Canada in 2013 for breakthrough pain in opioid-tolerant adult cancer patients. Additional risk minimization measures (aRMMs), consisting of communications to patients and healthcare providers (HCPs), were implemented from November 2014 through September 2015. ⋯ The aRMMs as measured by the prescriber KAU were effective for most key safety messages; however, not all key messages of the aRMMs were stringently followed in routine practice.

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