Pain Meds
- Figure out opioid hx and what is used in the past
- opioid naive: start morphine IV 2mg q4, then go up to 4, 6
- total dose in a day 1st then convert to others. Divide long and short into 1/2
- A: Oxycodone, oxycontin, percocet, oxymorphone, opana
- B: morphine
- C: hydrocodone, loratab, norco, vicodine, morphine, ms-contin, demerol
- D: dilaudid
- E: dilaudid, methadone
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