Fentanyl Patches With Reservoir Design Recalled

Fentanyl Patches With Reservoir Design Recalled: "Two drugmakers recently recalled their fentanyl transdermal patches due to concerns that the pain medicine contained in the patch could leak into the packaging, potentially causing serious adverse events such as fatal overdose and respiratory depression.

The patches subject to the recall use a reservoir design — a rectangular transparent unit with four functional layers and a drug-containing reservoir of fentanyl and alcohol USP." [FDA News]