Variability in opioid equivalence calculations

Pain Medicine (United States)

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 892-898

  Rennick, Amanda ^a   Atkinson, Timothy ^b   Cimino, Nina M ^c   Strassels, Scott A ^d   McPherson, Mary Lynn ^c   Fudin, Jeffrey ^a,e,f  

^a STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF PHARMACY   (United States)

^d Stratton VA Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^e WESTERN NEW ENGLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Conversion; Equivalence; Opioid; Variability

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; HYDROCODONE; HYDROMORPHONE; METHADONE; MORPHINE; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT; OXYCODONE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE CALCULATION; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PHARMACEUTICAL EQUIVALENCE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; TRANSDERMAL PATCH;

EID: 84941312931     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/pme.12920     Document Type: Article

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