====== Fentanyl ======

see [[Fentanyl Patch]].  

Fentanyl (0.8 mg/kg) is intravenously administered immediately before surgery, followed by additional doses as needed.
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Using [[fentanyl]] after surgical [[clipping]] for [[ruptured intracranial aneurysm]]s might decrease [[headache]] and produce few adverse effects. Adequate headache control showed improved dietary intake after [[subarachnoid hemorrhage]]
((Terakado T, Nakai Y, Ikeda G, Uemura K, Matsumaru Y, Ishikawa E, Matsumura A. 
Effectiveness of low-dose intravenous fentanyl for postoperative headache
management after neck clipping of ruptured intracranial aneurysms: Fentanyl for
post-subarachnoid hemorrhage headache. World Neurosurg. 2019 Oct 18. pii:
S1878-8750(19)32680-4. doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.10.062. [Epub ahead of print]
PubMed PMID: 31634620.
)).