Intranasal Fentanyl - the alternative to diamorphine

Unfortunately the supply of Diamorphine has been challenging over recent months and at times our stock has ran out. Although it is fantastic drug to treat children with moderate to severe pain there is an alternative that it just as good -  INTRANASAL FENTANYL

We have a new departmental guideline on the use of IN fentanyl on the tree of knowledge under Anaesthetics/sedation analgesia.

The Key points can be found below:

Martin Dore 17/02/22