Opioids are commonly used in clinical practice. Selection on these agents can often be confusion. We’ve outlined some of the most important pharmacokinetic, pharmacogenomic, and dosage form clinical pearls in the table below. For easier reading, we have also...
76 year old male had recently had a hip fracture with surgery and was in a substantial amount of pain. Upon discharge from the hospital, he was admitted to a long term care facility for rehab. Acute pain management was the highest on the priority list and the...
One other quick point that I can follow up on is that fentanyl takes a long time to ramp up, which also means that it takes a little while to get to a steady state of concentration. What does this mean clinically? I’ve seen a case where the dose was increased too...
So much info on Fentanyl and I will do one more night after tonight on Fentanyl and I will transition to some other opioid info. A very frequent question I get asked is can you put things over the patch or cover it if it consistently falls off (i.e. tape etc.). Per...
Fentanyl patches are easy to use…just slap it on right? I definitely see nurses ask for these patches fairly frequently, and they are much easier for administration and less time consuming than oral dosage forms that you might have to give one, two or three times a...
