Filter by: patients
Home > Community Treatment Reports and Side Effects > Fentanyl Transdermal Patch Treatment Report
What is Fentanyl Transdermal Patch?

Fentanyl is an opioid analgesic drug more powerful than morphine. In patch form it is used to provide a steady stream of the drug to treat moderate to severe chronic pain.

Reported Purpose & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Purpose # of patients
# of patients with evaluations Efficacy
Major
Moderate
Slight
None
Can’t tell
Pain 200 65 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Chronic pain 98 23 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight
Fibromyalgia 94 34 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none Efficacy_cant_tell
Back pain 22 7 Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight Efficacy_none
Other 20 6 Efficacy_major Efficacy_slight Efficacy_cant_tell
Pain in lower back 10 8 Efficacy_major Efficacy_moderate Efficacy_slight

See all 353 patients currently taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

Mouse over the table for more information

Reported Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
 19
Moderate
 35
Mild
 47
None
 33

Commonly reported side effects, conditions, and hospitalizations associated with Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

Constipation 26
Adhesive reaction 16
Loss of energy 11
Dry mouth (xerostomia) 9
Sexual dysfunction 7
Dry eyes 6
See all 72 reported side effects ▼ See top 6 reported side effects ▲

Reported Dosages

Frequently reported dosages based on patients currently taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch. See all 84 dosages ►

  25 mcg all the time (24/7) 50 mcg all the time (24/7) 100 mcg all the time (24/7) 75 mcg all the time (24/7) 25 mcg daily 75 mcg m,w,f 100 mcg m,w,f 50 mcg daily 75 mcg daily 100 mcg daily
  10 Number of Patients: 10 19 Number of Patients: 19 12 Number of Patients: 12 24 Number of Patients: 24 31 Number of Patients: 31 11 Number of Patients: 11 13 Number of Patients: 13 34 Number of Patients: 34 29 Number of Patients: 29 28 Number of Patients: 28  

Reported Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe 41   Side effects too severe: 37%
Other 34   Other: 31%
Did not seem to work 22   Did not seem to work: 20%
Doctor's advice 17   Doctor's advice: 15%
Expense 11   Expense: 10%
Personal research 8   Personal research: 7%
Course of treatment ended 8   Course of treatment ended: 7%
Change in health plan coverage 7   Change in health plan coverage: 6%

See all 108 patients who’ve stopped taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

Reported Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

A bar graph

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Stopped Taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

A bar graph

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more

Reported Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Adherence of Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

Always
 118 88%
Usually
 10 7%
Sometimes
 4 3%
Never
 2 1%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Burden of Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

Very
 8 6%
Somewhat
 25 19%
A little
 41 31%
Not at all
 60 45%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

Cost of Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

$200+
 6 6%
$100-199
 6 6%
$50-99
 7 7%
$25-49
 12 12%
< $25
 65 66%

See more information, including instructions, precautions, side effects, and interactions.

Report created on May 26, 2012.