Fentanyl transdermal 100mcg patches (Durogesic)

Description

Fentanyl transdermal 100mcg patches (Durogesic)

Fentanyl transdermal 100mcg patches (Durogesic) are only used for opioid-tolerant patients. A patient is opioid-tolerant if oral narcotics have already been used for severe pain.

Doses Fentanyl transdermal

Doses vary widely, from 12.5 mcg per hour to 100 mcg per hour or more The initial safe dose is determined by the amount of pain medicine that has been previously required in a typical 24-hour period The dose should not be increased more often than every 3 days after the initial dose or every 6 days thereafter