Information on the environmentally friendly medication Matrifen®

Here you can read about the environmentally friendly medication Matrifen® from Nycomed, that relieves severe chronic pain.

The environmentally friendly medication Matrifen® is a transdermal patch, which provides relief for patients with severe chronic pain.

>> Information on the environmentally friendly medication Matrifen®

Environmentally friendly medication
The unique and advanced matrix technology og Matrifen provides 3 day pain relief with a lower drug load than other products making it a more environmentally friendly medication.

Matrifen is a potent analgesic, more so than morphine and it contains fentanyl, which belongs to the group of opioids. Transdermal fentanyl has been shown to have fewer side effects compared to morphine tablets and other oral formulations of opiod analgesics.

About Nycomed
Nycomed is driving a new way of providing pharmaceutical products in Europe. Physicians are seeking new treatments that make a clear medical difference. But traditional pharmaceutical companies, with a single research department, are finding it harder to meet this need.

Nycomed, by contrast, can access the work of thousands of companies dedicated to research, and choose to make available the most innovative treatments.

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