Re: Opioid Potency - Tina Shelby's chart

From: Karla (ifirgit@webcntrl.com)
Fri Jul 28 10:57:32 2000

Has anyone heard from Tina lately? I have thought about her a lot lately....wondering how and where she is. 

--
Karla


>----- Original Message -----
From: Helen Dynda <olddad66@runestone.net>
To: Multiple recipients of list ADHESIONS <adhesions@mail.medispecialty.com>
Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 10:27 AM
Subject: Opioid Potency - Tina Shelby's chart


> 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
>
> ``````````````````````````````
>
> 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
>

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