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Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical, Inc.

Patient-controlled pain control system compares to IV PCA morphine, study shows

Published in FDA Law Weekly, December 16th, 2004

Researchers have reported that Ionsys, a patient-controlled, transdermal, analgesic system that delivers fentanyl through the skin, may be comparable to intravenous patient-controlled analgesia (IV PCA) when used after gynecologic surgery.

This needle-free system for managing acute pain in the hospital setting is under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and was granted approvable status in June 2004. These data were presented at the American Society of Regional Anesthesia & Pain Medicine Annual Fall Pain Meeting.

This research is a subanalysis of a broader, head-to-head study published earlier this year in the Journal of the...

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