Estramustine Phosphate Sodium and Fentora

• Generic Name: estramustine
• Dosage Forms: n.a.
• Other Brand Names: Emcyt

Palliative treatment of metastatic and/or progressive prostate cancer.

Considered by many clinicians to be an alternative to conventional measures (e.g., orchiectomy, hormonal therapy); generally used in treatment of hormone-refractory prostate cancer.

Combination therapy with etoposide, paclitaxel, or vinblastine may result in higher objective response rates and greater improvements in subjective parameters (e.g., pain) for treatment of hormone-refractory disease.

• Generic Name: fentanyl
• Dosage Forms: buccal tablet, sublingual tablet
• Other Brand Names: Abstral, Fentora, Subsys, Actiq, Duragesic, Ionsys, Lazanda, Onsolis, Sublimaze

Fentora (fentanyl) is an opioid pain medication. An opioid is sometimes called a narcotic.

Fentora buccal tablets are used to treat "breakthrough" cancer pain that is not controlled by other medicines.

The tablets are used in the mouth but not swallowed whole. The tablet is placed inside the mouth between the cheek and gum (buccal) OR on the floor of your mouth, under your tongue (sublingual).

Fentora is not for treating pain that is not cancer-related.