Checking Each Other's Math: Is It Possible Without a Single Standard for Opioid Dose Equivalence?

J Pain Palliat Care Pharmacother. 2023 Sep;37(3):213-215. doi: 10.1080/15360288.2023.2240303. Epub 2023 Jul 31.

Authors

Kyle P Edmonds^{1

2}, Rabia S Atayee^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology, Palliative Care Department of Medicine, UC San Diego School of Medicine UC San Diego Health Sciences, San Diego, CA, USA.
² Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego Health Sciences, La Jolla, CA, USA.
³ Department of Pharmacy, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, USA.

PMID: 37522882
DOI: 10.1080/15360288.2023.2240303

No abstract available

Keywords: Pain; morphine equivalent daily dose; oral morphine equivalent; palliative care.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Analgesics, Opioid* / administration & dosage
Humans

Substances

Analgesics, Opioid