All opioid equivalencies should be considered approximations only and can be affected by interpatient variability, type of pain (eg, acute vs. chronic), chronic administration, tolerance, etc.

The FDA is conducting a workshop to discuss the science (lack thereof, really) of Morphine Milligram Equivalents as it applies to the atrocious CDC 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guidelines. Public comments ...

April 5, 2012 — Opioid rotation — switching from one opioid drug or route of administration to another to improve the outcome — is largely to blame for the growing number of unintentional deaths ...

New Orleans, Louisiana — Opioid analgesic conversion guidelines from professional societies and federal or state governments are inconsistent, and the sources for these recommendations are riddled ...

In a letter to the FDA, the American Society of Anesthesiologists has addressed public health concerns associated with the use of equianalgesic opioid conversion tables and has recommended a staged ...