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The 3 day fentanyl treatment patch Matrifen® with fentanyl eases your pain

The 3 day fentanyl treatment patch Matrifen® from Nycomed helps to relieve pain stemming from cancer, low back problems, nociceptive pain and other chronic pain.

3 day fentanyl treatment patch - Matrifen® by NycomedThe 3 day patch Matrifen® is a transdermal fentanyl patch, with the ability to ease severe chronic pain.

>> Information on the 3 day patch Matrifen®

3 day fentanyl treatment
The 3 day fentanyl treatment patch Matrifen provides a steady state concentration of fentanyl to ease pain in patients with severe chronic pain.

Fentanyl belongs to the group of opioids, and transdermal fentanyl has been shown to have fewer side effects compared to morphine tablets and other oral formulations of opiod analgesics.

The 3 day fentanyl treatment patch is indicated for patients with severe pain. The fentanyl drug load is less than in other products, adding to a high degree of safety and low environmental burden.

About Nycomed
Nycomed is a pharmaceutical company dedicated to meeting needs in Europe. The company provides hospital products throughout the region and general practitioner and pharmacy medicines in selected markets.

New products are sourced through licensing agreements with research companies. Here Nycomed provides late-stage clinical development, registration and marketing. Nycomed employs about 3,500 people throughout Europe and Russia-CIS.

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Mode of action video

An animation presenting the Matrifen® patch;
- Application
- Mode of action

Additional material

- Product details
- Pharmacokinetics
- Technical profile
Conversion tables for download 

- Oral morphine to Matrifen (100:1)
- Oral morphine to Matrifen (150:1)
- Potency table