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Nociceptive pain relief with Matrifen® from Nycomed

The nociceptive pain relief patch Matrifen® is a transdermal fentanyl patch from Nycomed. The patch is indicated for patients with severe chronic pain.

Breakthrough pain relief patch - Matrifen® by NycomedNociceptive pain can be relieved with Matrifen® transdermal fentanyl patch, which provides relief for patients with severe chronic pain.

>> Information on low nociceptive pain

Matrifen® is a transdermal nociceptive pain therapy patch indicated for patients with severe chronic pain such as low back pain and other types of chronic distressing pain. 

Matrifen®’s unique and advanced matrix technology provides 3 day low back pain relief equal to that of other matrix fentanyl patches, but with a lower drug load adding to a high degree of safety and low environmental burden.

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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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