Fentanyl HCl Patient-Controlled lontophoretic Transdermal System for the Management of Acute Postoperative Pain

Data from clinical trials indicated that IONSYS is successful in controlling acute postoperative pain that circumvents the limitations of intravenous patient-controlled analgesia. The use of this system may serve as an alternative modality for the management of acute pain without increasing such adverse effects as bleeding, intravenous catheter infiltration, or manual pump malfunction.