New Orleans, Louisiana — Opioid analgesic conversion guidelines from professional societies and federal or state governments are inconsistent, and the sources for these recommendations are riddled ...

All opioid equivalencies should be considered approximations only and can be affected by interpatient variability, type of pain (eg, acute vs. chronic), chronic administration, tolerance, etc.

Dr. Mellar Davis discusses the joint guideline from MASCC, ASCO, AAHPM, HPNA, and NICSO on opioid conversion in adults with cancer. He reviews the limited evidence, and the formal consensus process ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The Virginia Department of Health has developed an online calculator to show how much the opioid epidemic has impacted Virginians in lost labor, healthcare, crime and other ...