Analgesia Flashcards
1
Q
how do you calculate the dose of oromorph used to manage break through pain in patients on regular morphine
A
1/6 of the normal morphine sulphate dose - give as oromorph
2
Q
when switching from oral morphine to syringe pump what do you do to the dose
A
half it - morphine is double the strength or oromorph
3
Q
equivalent dose of 100mg of codeine in morphine
A
10 mg mophine
divide codeine dose by 10 to get morphine dose
