The bioavailability of fentanyl in Matrifen® is fast and efficient

The fast bioavailability of fentanyl in the transdermal patch Matrifen® helps to relieve the severe chronic pain, such as cancer pain and low back pain.

Matrifen® has a fast bioavailability of fentanyl wich provides strong relief for all chronic pain. 

>> Information on the bioavailability of fentanyl

Matrifen® with its fast bioavailability of fentanyl provides pain relief to patients with prolonged or chronic severe pain. Following application of the patch to the skin, fentanyl is released into the systemic circulation by passive cutaneous diffusion.

Fentanyl has a high affinity for receptors located throughout the peripheral nervous system, the brain and the spinal cord, and binding to the receptors cause analgesia. 

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