An iontophoretic, fentanyl HCl patient-controlled transdermal system for acute postoperative pain management

Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1205-1214

  Chelly, Jacques E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Fentanyl; Iontophoresis; Needle free; Noninvasive; Patient controlled analgesia; Postoperative pain; Transdermal

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MORPHINE; OPIATE; PLACEBO;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANALGESIA; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIZZINESS; DRUG BIOAVAILABILITY; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG SAFETY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ERYTHEMA; GENERAL SURGERY; GYNECOLOGIC SURGERY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INJECTION SITE REACTION; IONTOPHORESIS; NAUSEA; OBSTETRIC OPERATION; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PRURITUS; SOMNOLENCE; UROLOGIC SURGERY; VOMITING;

ADMINISTRATION, CUTANEOUS; ANALGESIA, PATIENT-CONTROLLED; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; FENTANYL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; IONTOPHORESIS; MORPHINE; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; THERAPEUTIC EQUIVALENCY;

EID: 21844478507     PISSN: 14656566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/14656566.6.7.1205     Document Type: Article

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