Gan to kagaku ryoho. Cancer & chemotherapy
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Gan To Kagaku Ryoho · Mar 2011
[Direct low-dose fentanyl patch (2.1mg) introduction for opioid naïve outpatients with cancer pain].
The administration of opioids to outpatients with cancer pain can be difficult because the constant dose modification and treatments of side effects involved are occasionally impossible. Therefore, more effective and safer drugs with better patients compliance are needed to complete a successful opioid introduction. Compared with other opioids, low-dose fentanyl has been suggested to produce milder side effects such as nausea, constipation, and somnolence. Further more, compliance can be improved because the drug is a patch,administered transdermally. ⋯ Opioid introduction to opioid-naÏve outpatients with cancer pain using the low-dose fentanyl patch (2.1 mg) may be effective.