Abstract

PADRON YAQUI, Alejandro Saúl et al. Technological development and stability study of fentanyl citrate 0.05 mg/mL. Rev Cubana Farm [online]. 2004, vol.38, n.3, pp.1-1. ISSN 0034-7515.

Fentanyl citrate is a poweful opiatic analgesic, a synthetic analogue of morphine, which is widely used as narcotic analgesic in surgery preoperativey, during surgery and postoperativey.. A fentanyl citrate formulation to be parenterally administered was developed. The resulting drug fulfills all the quality requeriments and has a useful lifetime of two years, at room temperature, and keeps its physical, chemical and microbiological features unchanged.

Keywords : Fentanyl citrate; formulation; stability.