Generic Name for Fentora

If your healthcare provider prescribes
 Fentora® (fentanyl buccal tablets) for your breakthrough cancer pain, you may be wondering if there is a generic version available.
 
There are currently no generic versions of this medication available. Furthermore, it is important to note that fentanyl buccal tablet is the "generic name" for Fentora, not a "generic version" of it.
 
The generic name is different from a generic version of a medicine. In order for there to be a generic version, the original medicine must have gone off-patent and another company besides the original manufacturer must make the product.
 
(Click Generic Fentora for more information, including when a generic version of Fentora might become available.)
Written by/reviewed by: Susan Lakey, PharmD, MPH
Last reviewed by: Kristi Monson, PharmD