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Demystifying opioid conversion calculations : a guide for effective dosing /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McPherson, Mary Lynn M.
Corporate Author: American Society of Health-System Pharmacists.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Bethesda, MD : American Society of Health-System Pharmacists, ©2010.
Subjects:
Opioids > Administration.
Pharmaceutical arithmetic.
Drugs > Dosage.
Drugs > Therapeutic equivalency.
Analgesics, Opioid > administration & dosage.
Analgesics, Opioid > therapeutic use.
Drug Dosage Calculations.
MEDICAL > Psychiatry > Psychopharmacology.
MEDICAL > Pain Medicine.
Electronic books.
Electronic book.
Online Access:View fulltext via EzAccess
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to opioid conversion calculations
  • Converting among routes and formulations of the same opioid
  • Converting among routes and formulations of different opioids
  • Titrating opioid regimens : around the clock and to the rescue!
  • Transdermal and parenteral fentanyl dosage
  • Calculations and conversions
  • Methadone : a complex and challenging analgesic, but it's worth it!
  • Patient-controlled analgesia and neuraxial opioid therapy
  • Calculating doses from oral solutions and suspensions.

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