Pain medicine : the official journal of the American Academy of Pain Medicine
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Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical Trial
Assessing the impact of heat on the systemic delivery of fentanyl through the transdermal fentanyl delivery system.
To examine the effects of locally applied heat on the systemic delivery of fentanyl through the Transdermal Fentanyl Delivery System. ⋯ Local heat can speed the onset of steady state fentanyl concentration in the Fentanyl Transdermal Drug Delivery System thus limiting the delay in onset of analgesia and allowing earlier identification and treatment of side effects.