Author: finallyachance

Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 8:51 pm

I was told by someone on here you can’t make a conversion but I got this conversion chart from a advocate at my clinic early on.

#Pain Killer Equivalent Doses (Oral)
1.2mg………….Buprenorphine (Bupe)
200mg…………Codeine (Tylenol 2, 3, 4, etc)
30-60mg………Diacetylmorphine (Heroin) (orally it = morphine, IV/IM/insuffilated it’s 2x as strong)
100mg…………Dihydrocodeine
30mg…………..Hydrocodone (Vicodin, Lorcet, etc)
7.5mg………….Hydromorphone (Dilaudid)
4mg…………….Levorphanol (Dromoran)
300mg…………Meperidine (Demerol)
10-20mg………Methadone
30-60mg………Morphine
20mg…………..Oxycodone (Oxycontin, Percocet)
10mg…………..Oxymorphone (Numorphan)
200-300mg…..Propoxyphene (Darvocet)
150mg…………Tramadol (Ultram, Ultracet)