Article: Warning issued on Cephalon painkiller.

Byline: Linda Loyd

Sep. 27--The Food and Drug Administration warned doctors and patients yesterday of potentially fatal side effects linked to Cephalon Inc.'s Fentora after recent reports of several deaths.

Fentora, a potent narcotic pain medicine, is approved only to treat intense bouts of "breakthrough" pain in cancer patients who are taking opioid pain medicines on a round-the-clock basis, the FDA said in a public-health advisory on its Web site.

The alert comes more than two weeks after Cephalon sent letters to doctors and health-care professionals warning them of three deaths linked to Fentora, which is often prescribed "off label" to ...

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