Demystifying opioid conversion calculations
Subtitle: a guide for effective dosing
By: Mary Lynn McPherson.
Contributors: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Publisher: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Bethesda, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9781585281985
Subjects: Opioids -- Administration; Pharmaceutical arithmetic; Drugs -- Dosage; Drugs -- Therapeutic equivalency; Analgesics, Opioid -- administration & dosage; Analgesics, Opioid -- therapeutic use; Drug Dosage Calculations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction to opioid conversion calculations; title: Converting among routes and formulations of the same opioid; title: Converting among routes and formulations of different opioids; title: Titrating opioid regimens : around the clock and to the rescue!; title: Transdermal and parenteral fentanyl dosage; title: Calculations and conversions; title: Methadone : a complex and challenging analgesic, but it's worth it!; title: Patient-controlled analgesia and neuraxial opioid therapy; title: Calculating doses from oral solutions and suspensions.