opioid conversion
- related: General Medicine
- tags: #literature
- Figure out opioid hx and what is used in the past
- opioid naive: start morphine IV 2mg q4, then go up to 4, 6
- total dose in a day 1st then convert to others. Divide long and short into 1/2
| Dose | Meds |
|---|---|
| 1 | PO morphine |
| 1.5 | Oxy |
| 3 | IV morphine |
| 4 | PO dilaudid |
| 20 | IV dilaudid |
- A: Oxycodone, oxycontin, percocet, oxymorphone, opana
- B: morphine
- C: hydrocodone, loratab, norco, vicodine, morphine, ms-contin, demerol
- D: dilaudid
- E: dilaudid, methadone