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Cameron K M W Schauer1, James A D Shand1, Thomas M Reynolds2
1Department of General Medicine, Whangarei Hospital, Whangarei, New Zealand.
Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology
|April 21, 2015
Abstract:
Fentanyl is a potent opioid analgesic used in the treatment of pain. Transdermal fentanyl patches are now widely utilized as an acceptable and efficacious method of medication delivery. Unfortunately, the potential for their abuse is well recognized. Previous case reports have documented deaths after intravenous (IV) misuse of fentanyl which had been extracted from Duragesic (liquid reservoir type) patches. We present a case of IV fentanyl abuse after the extraction from a Mylan (matrix type) patch. This method of abuse has not previously been described in the literature.