A health care provider is teaching a patient about the advantages of a fentanyl transdermal drug delivery system for pain relief. What would the health care provider tell the patient is the ad-vantage to this delivery system?
a. It avoids the problem of fluctuating drug levels.
b. It avoids the inconvenience of learning self-injection techniques.
c. It provides a greater amount of drug to the patient every hour.
d. It eliminates the risk of adverse drug effects from opioids.
ANS: A
A transdermal drug delivery system for an opioid, such as fentanyl, avoids the fluctuating drug levels that occur with intermittent dosing. This system steadily delivers 25-100 μg of fentanyl per hour for 72 hours, depending on the strength of the patch ordered.
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