A new transmucosal drug delivery system for patients with breakthrough cancer pain: the fentanyl effervescent buccal tablet
Enno FreyeCenter of Ambulatory Pain Medicine, Neuss-Uedesheim, GermanyAbstract: Breakthrough pain, a transitory severe pain with the background of otherwise controlled persistent pain has a prevalence between 52% and 67% in outpatients with cancer. Medications for such sudden-onset pain require non-...
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| Language: | English |
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Dove Medical Press
2008-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Pain Research |
| Online Access: | http://www.dovepress.com/a-new-transmucosal-drug-delivery-system-for-patients-with-breakthrough-a2725 |