Are there cost benefits to fentanyl for breakthrough pain?

J Pain Symptom Manage. 2012 Sep;44(3):e1-2. doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.06.002.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Administration, Intranasal
  • Analgesics, Opioid / administration & dosage
  • Analgesics, Opioid / economics*
  • Analgesics, Opioid / therapeutic use*
  • Breakthrough Pain / drug therapy*
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Fentanyl / administration & dosage
  • Fentanyl / economics*
  • Fentanyl / therapeutic use*
  • Humans
  • Oxycodone / economics
  • Oxycodone / therapeutic use
  • Risk Reduction Behavior

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • Oxycodone
  • Fentanyl