Calculating total daily dose of opioids for safer dosage
Advanced Search
Select up to three search categories and corresponding keywords using the fields to the right. Refer to the Help section for more detailed instructions.

Search our Collections & Repository

For very narrow results

When looking for a specific result

Best used for discovery & interchangable words

Recommended to be used in conjunction with other fields

Dates

to

Document Data
Library
People
Clear All
Clear All

For additional assistance using the Custom Query please check out our Help Page

i

Calculating total daily dose of opioids for safer dosage

  • 3/14/16

Filetype[PDF-2.04 MB]


English
Details You May Also Like

Details:

  • 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:
  • Document Type:
    Pamphlet (or booklet)
  • Genre:
    Fact Sheet
  • Pages in Document:
    2 unnumbered pages
  • Collection(s):
  • Main Document Checksum:
  • Download URL:
  • File Type:

Supporting Files

  • No Additional Files
More +

You May Also Like

Checkout today's featured content at stacks.cdc.gov