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At Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Tina Shelby wrote:
Basically, using oxycodone as the standard comparing its strength to morphine and the other opiates. So I'm going to use a different chart - easier to understand (I hope)
Using Morphine as the standard. The following drugs and their dosages injection are equal to getting the same amount of pain relief as 10 mgs of Morphine injection:
1.5 mg hydromorphone (Dilaudid)........= 10 mg morphine
10 mg methadone (Dolophine)............= "
15 mg oxycodone (percocet, tylox)......= "
2 mg levorphanol (Levo-Dromoran).......= "
1 mg oxymorphone (Numorphan)...........= "
5 mg Heroin............................= "
75 mg meperdine (demerol)..............= "
130 mg codeine.........................= "
25 ug/hr Fentanyl......................= "
Is this clearer? Please let me know!
Tina
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Opioid Potency ``````` ````````
Oxycodone 1 (standard)
Codeine 0.15
Fentanyl (patch) but potency about 50
Hydrocodone 0.9
Hydromorphone 4.0
Levorphanol 7.5
Meperidine 0.1
Methadone 1.5
Morphine 0.5