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Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 495938, 4 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/495938
Case Report

Management of an Oral Ingestion of Transdermal Fentanyl Patches: A Case Report and Literature Review

Andrew C. Faust,1,2,3 Ralph Terpolilli,4 and Darrel W. Hughes1,2,3

1Department of Pharmacy Services, University Health System, 4502 Medical Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
2Pharmacotherapy Division, College of Pharmacy, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
3Pharmacotherapy Education and Research Center, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
4Division of Emergency Medicine, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA

Received 11 January 2011; Accepted 9 March 2011

Academic Editor: Albert Dahan

Copyright © 2011 Andrew C. Faust et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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