Leeds opioid conversion chart

    • [PDF File]The Leeds Opioid Conversion Guide For Adult Palliative ...

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      The Leeds Opioid Conversion Guide For Adult Palliative Care Patients NOTES :This chart is intended for guidance, prescribers are responsible for their own decisions.ORAL DIHYDROCODEINE All calculations and rationale must be documented in the patient’s record, including those for prn doses. Clinical judgement should be applied,

    • [PDF File]MidYorks Opioid Conversion Guide for Adults

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      MidYorks Opioid Conversion Guide for Adults Sept 2017 Factors to consider when using this chart 1. All these conversions are provided as an approximate guide to equivalencies. 2. Individual patient variability needs to be considered when switching from one opioid to another.

    • [PDF File]The Leeds Opioid Conversion Guide For Adult Palliative ...

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      The Leeds Opioid Conversion Guide For Adult Palliative Care Patients NOTES :This chart is intended for guidance, prescribers are responsible for their own decisions. All calculations and rationale must be documented in the patient’s record, including those for prn doses. Clinical judgement should be applied,

    • [PDF File]Opioids for persistent pain: Good practice

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      Low dose strong opioid preparations are available that represent a similar opioid load to maximum dose weak opioids. It is important when using transdermal opioid preparations to be aware of opioid load in terms of equivalent daily morphine dose. Table 2 shows approximate equivalent potencies of commonly used transdermal opioids. Conversion

    • [PDF File]Clinical Guideline Pain Management

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      Appendix 1: Dose conversion chart for strong opioids WHO Analgesic Ladder The WHO analgesic ladder is a validated system for treating pain. Step 3. Moderate to Severe Pain Strong Opioid: Morphine Sulphate, Diamorphine, Fentanyl + non opioid Step 2. Mild to Moderate Pain Weak Opioid: Codeine, Dihydrocodeine, Tramadol + non opioid Step 1.

    • [PDF File]090714 opioid conversions

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      conversion rate from other opioids. Fentanyl • 50mcg/ml, 2ml and 10ml ampoules available. References: Palliative Care Formulary (PCF3) Twycross et al (2007) CMO document on Opioid Potency Ratios (2005) The Palliative Care Handbook 6 th Edition, Wessex SPCT (2007) KJ, VF, HJ, PJM August 2007, revised by KJ Jan 09

    • [PDF File]Calculating Total Daily Dose of Opioids For Safer Dosage

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      Patients prescribed higher opioid dosages are at higher risk of overdose death. In a national sample of Veterans Health Administration (VHA) patients with chronic pain receiving opioids from 2004–2009, patients who died. of opioid overdose were prescribed an average of . 98 MME/day, while . other patients. were prescribed an average of . 48 ...

    • [PDF File]PALLIATIVE CARE SYMPTOM CONTROL GUIDELINES

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      of morphine which can lead to opioid toxicity. Good Practice when titrating to a strong opioid would be to prescribe small initial doses of morphine as required to account for this possibility. Tramadol is an alternative weak opioid (Step 2). Tramadol 50mg is approximately equivalent to 5mg of oral morphine. See Table 39 for further details.

    • [PDF File]SPECIALIST PALLIATIVE CARE OPIOID DRUG CONVERSION CHART ...

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      Opioid Drug Conversions – General Guidelines • This chart is designed for guidance only. The conversions given are comparable doses but there is wide patient intervariability relating to opioid conversion. For individual patients, response to previous opioids, clinical condition and severity of pain must be taken into consideration.

    • [PDF File]Managing Common End of Life ... - Leeds Palliative Care

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      If already taking oral morphine or another oral opioid o Convert 24 hour oral opioid dose to the equivalent fentanyl patch dose using Leeds Opioid Conversion Guide for Adult Palliative Care Patients. Apply patch at the same time as taking last dose of MR oral opioid or as soon as possible after this time.

    • [PDF File]Medicines Management & Pharmacy Services ... - Leeds Formulary

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      The Leeds Medicines Advisory Service (medicines.information@nhs.net, ext 65377) can also help. Information on equivalent doses to subcutaneous diamorphine is available on Leeds Health Pathways - this is linked at the bottom of this information sheet, and from the Leeds Formulary. Useful links: Specialist Pharmacy Service (SPS) information

    • [PDF File]GMMMG Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain: Resource Pack

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      If the opioid trial is not successful, the drugs should be tapered and stopped within one week. 31. There is little evidence that one opioid is more effective and associated with fewer side effects than others. There is a theoretical rationale for trying an alternative opioid if the first drug tried is helpful but causes intolerable side effects.

    • [PDF File]Anticipatory drugs and syringe driver chart V2

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      Opioid dose conversion chart, syringe driver doses, rescue/prn doses and opioid patches Use the conversion chart to work out the equivalent doses of different opioid drugs by different routes. The formula to work out the dose is under each drug name. Examples are given as a guide Fentanyl and buprenorphine patches in the dying/moribund patient

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