Ionsys
PATIENT INFORMATION
Patient Bedside Information Sheet
IONSYSร? (eye-AHN-sis)
(fentanyl iontophoretic transdermal system)
Patient-activated CII
IMPORTANT: Never leave the hospital with an IONSYS system on your skin. IONSYS is not for home use. IONSYS can cause life-threatening breathing problems or death if it is used the wrong way.
| What is IONSYSร?? | Your nurse or doctor: |
| IONSYSร?: | ยท will tell you about IONSYS and teach you how to use it before your surgery |
| ยท contains the prescription medicine, fentanyl. Fentanyl is a very strong narcotic pain medicine (opioid). | ยท will put an IONSYS system on your skin (on your upper outer arm or chest) after your surgery |
| ยท is only for hospitalized adults with short-term, moderate to severe pain after surgery | ยท will control pain from your surgery with other pain medicines until you are awake enough to use IONSYS |
| ยท is a patient-controlled medicine device (system) that sticks to the skin | ยท will monitor you for side effects from IONSYS. IONSYS can cause life-threatening breathing problems because it contains a very strong narcotic pain medicine. |
| IONSYS is not: | ยท will replace your IONSYS system as needed |
| ยท for use at home | ยท will remove your IONSYS system before you leave the hospital |
| ยท for patients who cannot understand or use IONSYS without help | |
| ยท for patients who are allergic to: | |
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| Using IONSYS: | Never: |
| ยท You can push the IONSYS dosing button when needed to control your pain or just before you do an activity that may increase your pain such as physical therapy or getting out of bed. | ยท Never let anyone else press the IONSYS dosing button for you. |
| ยท To get a dose of pain medicine from IONSYSร?, double-click the dosing button (twice within 3 seconds). | ยท Never touch the sticky side of IONSYS if it falls off of your skin. Let your nurse or doctor know right away if an IONSYS system has come off of your skin. Wash your hands right away if you accidentally touch the sticky side of IONSYS and let your doctor or nurse know right away. |
| ยท When you push the dosing button you will hear a single beep and the red light above the dosing button will light up. This red light will remain lit for the 10 minutes it takes to deliver a dose of fentanyl. | ยท Never remove or replace an IONSYS system yourself. |
| ยท You cannot give yourself another dose of medicine from IONSYS while the red light is lit. | ยท Never leave the hospital with an IONSYS system on your skin. Make sure your nurse or doctor removes your IONSYS system before you leave the hospital. |
| ยท When IONSYS is finished delivering a dose, the red light will start flashing. This means you can give yourself more pain medicine, if needed, by double clicking the dosing button. The flashes also tell your doctor and nurse about how many doses of medicine from IONSYS that you have taken. | |
| ยท Let your doctor or nurse know if you have problems using IONSYS. They will check your IONSYS system to make sure it is working. |
Generic Name: Fentanyl Iontophoretic Transdermal System
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