Calculating total daily dose of opioids for safer dosage

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• Description:
  Higher Dosage, Higher Risk.
  
  Higher dosages of opioids are associated with higher risk of overdose and death—even relativelylow dosages (20-50 morphine milligram equivalents (MME) per day) increase risk. Higher dosages haven’t been shown to reduce pain over the long term. One randomized trial found no differencein pain or function between a more liberal opioid dose escalation strategy (with average final dosage 52 MME) and maintenance of current dosage (average final dosage 40 MME).
  
  Learn more: ww.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/prescribing/guideline.html
  
  Fact sheet for: Dowell D, Haegerich TM, Chou R. CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain — United States, 2016. MMWR Recomm Rep 2016;65:1–49.
  
  Date from document properties.
  
  calculating_total_daily_dose-a.pdf
  
  
• Subjects:
  Analgesics, Opioid Chronic Pain Drug Overdose Drug Prescriptions Inappropriate Prescribing Opioid-Related Disorders
• Document Type:
  Pamphlet (or booklet)
• Genre:
  Fact Sheet
• Pages in Document:
  2 unnumbered pages
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b0cc4c3f47fbdee81462e750e6c7e621123e5daeee418f2373df36154c58d1de
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/38481/cdc_38481_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.04 MB ]