Reply to: are transdermal opioids contraindicated in patients at risk of suicide?

However, on critical review of the case report, it is unclear whether the patient had been on a fentanyl patch or other opioid prior to her admission. If she had been opioid naı̈ve (this information is not available from the case report) at the time of her admission, starting her on a fentanyl patch would have been inappropriate, let alone the issue that the patient was admitted to the hospital ward related to a suicide attempt.