What Are The Other Opiate Pain Patches Available Besides Fentanyl?

Posted on Tue, 10 Sep 2013

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Question : What other opiate pain patches are out there besides fentanyl?

Answered by Dr. Sadiq Mughal (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Buprenorphine patches

Detailed Answer:
Hello XXXXXXX
Thanks for writing to us.
The transdermal analgesic opioid patches other than fentanyl available in market are of Buprenorphine.Two forms of patches are available; 96 hour transtec patch and 7 day Butrans patch.

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Dr Sadiq.

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