EXAMPLES OF CHANGING MEDICATIONS
Work through the following case examples of how to change from one opioid to another.
Feel free to use the equianalgesic table and calculator provided for you in the same page.
The point of the examples is to get comfortable working with the table, not to
memorize it!
Case1: C.T., a 66 year old homemaker with breast cancer
Case 2: J.S., a 67 year old artist with non-small cell carcinoma
Case 3: D.M., a 71 year old retired Chrysler worker with metastatic colon cancer
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