At Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Helen Dynda wrote:
> >Tina and Karla, What you saw, when you typed, is not what you got when >you posted the following message to the forum. > >I try to remind myself everytime I post a message - to leave a space >between consecutive items. If I don't, the consecutive items will not >appear the way I planned them to appear. > >I decided to accept the responsibility to help Tina's chart to appear as >Tina meant it to appear. Tina's chart about Opioid Potency appears >below: > >``````````````````````````````````````` > >At Wed, 16 Feb 2000, Tina Shelby wrote: > >Karla, > >No need to apologize, it wasn't very clear was it?Basically, using >oxycodone as the standard comparing its strength to morphine and the >other opiates. So I'm going to use a different chart - easier to >understand (I hope) > >Using Morphine as the standard. The following drugs and their dosages' >injection are equal to getting the same amount of pain relief as 10 mgs >of Morphine injection: > >1.5 mg hydromorphone (Dilaudid) = 10 mg morphine > >10 mg methadone (Dolophine) = " > >15 mg oxycodone (percocet, tylox) = " > >2 mg levorphanol (Levo-Dromoran) = " > >1 mg oxymorphone (Numorphan) = " > >5 mg Heroin = " > >75 mg meperdine (demerol) = " > >130 mg codeine = " > >25 ug/hr Fentanyl = " > >Is this clearer? Please let me know! > >Tina > >`````````````````````````````` > >Opioid Potency >``````` ```````` > >Oxycodone 1 (standard) > >Codeine 0.15 > >Fentanyl (patch) but potency about 50 > >Hydrocodone 0.9 > >Hydromorphone 4.0 > >Levorphanol 7.5 > >Meperidine 0.1 > >Methadone 1.5 > >Morphine 0.5