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CURRENT Diagnosis &Treatment: Family Medicine, 5e >Hospice &Palliative Medicine

Jeannette E. South-Paul, Samuel C. Matheny, Evelyn L. Lewis+


Table 67–2.Opioid analgesic equivalences.

Opioid Agonist Parenteral (mg) Oral (mg)

Morphine a 10 30

Oxycodone 20–30

Hydromorphone 1.5 7.5

Fentanyl 0.1 b

Codeine 130 200

Hydrocodone 25–30

Oxymorphone 1 10

aThe 24-hour oral morphine equivalent (OME) divided by 2 is equal to the fentanyl patch dose in micrograms per hour (eg, 24-hour OME is 100 mg, equivalent fentanyl patch dose is 50 μg/h).
bEquivalency of a one-time dose of intravenous fentanyl only.

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