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Cancer Pain Management: An Overview - Palliative.info

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Fentanyl and Sufentanil<br />

• synthetic µ agonist opioids<br />

• highly lipid soluble →<br />

» transmucosal absorption<br />

» rapid redistribution, including in / out of CSF<br />

• fentanyl ≈ 100x stronger than morphine<br />

• sufentanil ≈ 1000x stronger than morphine<br />

10 mg morphine<br />

≈ 10 µg g sufentanil<br />

≈ 100 µg g fentanyl<br />

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