Instanyl
fentanyl
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Overview
Instanyl is a medicine used to treat breakthrough pain in adults with cancer. Breakthrough pain is when a patient experiences additional, sudden pain in spite of ongoing treatment with painkillers. Instanyl is used in patients who are already using opioids (a group of painkillers that includes morphine and fentanyl) to control long-term cancer pain.
Instanyl contains the active substance fentanyl.
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Instanyl : EPAR - Medicine overview (PDF/81.25 KB)
First published: 30/07/2009
Last updated: 23/07/2019
EMA/163439/2019 -
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Instanyl : EPAR - Risk-management-plan summary (PDF/108.61 KB)
First published: 23/07/2019
Last updated: 23/04/2020
Authorisation details
Product details | |
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Name |
Instanyl
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Agency product number |
EMEA/H/C/000959
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Active substance |
Fentanyl citrate
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International non-proprietary name (INN) or common name |
fentanyl
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Therapeutic area (MeSH) |
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Anatomical therapeutic chemical (ATC) code |
N02AB03
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Publication details | |
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Marketing-authorisation holder |
Takeda Pharma A/S
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Revision |
35
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Date of issue of marketing authorisation valid throughout the European Union |
20/07/2009
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Contact address |
Delta Park 45 |
Product information
16/01/2023 Instanyl - EMEA/H/C/000959 - IB/0074
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Pharmacotherapeutic group
Analgesics
Therapeutic indication
Instanyl is indicated for the management of breakthrough pain in adults already receiving maintenance opioid therapy for chronic cancer pain. Breakthrough pain is a transitory exacerbation of pain that occurs on a background of otherwise controlled persistent pain.
Patients receiving maintenance opioid therapy are those who are taking at least 60 mg of oral morphine daily, at least 25 micrograms of transdermal fentanyl per hour, at least 30 mg oxycodone daily, at least 8 mg of oral hydromorphone daily or an equianalgesic dose of another opioid for a week or longer.