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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.

Reasons taken & Efficacy

Reasons and Efficacy
Reasons taken # of patients Major Moderate Slight None Can’t tell # of patients evaluated by
Pain 51 11
Other 2 1
Don't know 1 0
Leg pain (both) 1 1
Trigeminal neuralgia 1 0
Hip pain 1 0

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Side Effects

Side effects as an overall problem

Severe
3 23%
Moderate
3 23%
Mild
6 46%
None
1 8%

Most commonly reported side effects

Adhesive reaction
8 62%
Constipation
5 38%
Dry mouth (xerostomia)
4 31%
physical withdrawals
3 23%
Emotional withdrawal
3 23%
tire easily
3 23%
  • Mild
  • Moderate
  • Severe

Dosages

Top 10 dosages based on patients currently taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch. See all 26 dosages ►

  100 mcg all the time (24/7) 100mcg as needed 150 mcg all the time (24/7) 25 mcg all the time (24/7) 25mcg as needed 25other as needed 50 mcg all the time (24/7) 50 mg all the time (24/7) 50mg as needed 625 mcg all the time (24/7) 75 hr all the time (24/7) 75 mcg all the time (24/7) 75 mg all the time (24/7) 0.25 mcg daily 25 mcg weekly 75 mcg weekly 100 mcg weekly 150 mcg weekly 750 mcg monthly 25 mcg daily 25 mg daily 50 200 mcg weekly 1000 mcg monthly 50 mcg daily 75 mcg daily
  2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 3 Number of Patients: 3 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 2 Number of Patients: 2 1 Number of Patients: 1 2 Number of Patients: 2 5 Number of Patients: 5  

Stop Reasons

Why Patients Stopped Taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Side effects too severe
5 33% Side effects too severe: 33%
Did not seem to work
4 27% Did not seem to work: 27%
Doctor's advice
2 13% Doctor's advice: 13%
Other
2 13% Other: 13%
Course of treatment ended
2 13% Course of treatment ended: 13%
Personal research
1 7% Personal research: 7%

See all 14 patients who’ve stopped taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

Duration See details about how long patients take this treatment ▼

Currently Taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
0
1
8
6
7

Stopped Taking Fentanyl Transdermal Patch

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
4
0
1
3
3

Adherence, Burden & Cost See details from patient evaluations ▼

Adherence

Taking treatment as prescribed

Always
11 85%
Usually
1 8%
Sometimes
1 8%
Never
0 0%

Burden

Difficulty being on treatment

Very
2 15%
Somewhat
3 23%
A little
4 31%
Not at all
4 31%

Cost

Paid out of pocket

$200+
0 0%
$100-199
0 0%
$50-99
1 8%
$25-49
1 8%
< $25
4 31%

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Report created on November 22, 2009.