What happens when a patient’s opioid dosage is wrong? This comprehensive yet practical guidebook is a must-read for health professionals involved in pain management, hospice, and palliative care. Written in a conversational tone with a splash of humor, the book covers key areas of opioid conversions unlike any other book. The textbook includes easy-to-follow case studies, charts, tables and real-world practice examples to give clinicians the principles they need to conduct opioid conversion calculations with confidence.

The book includes a five-step process that teaches clinicians the proper methods for doing common conversions, and case-based practice problems to strengthen understanding. One invaluable tool is the step-by-step examples for the very challenging methadone, fentanyl, PCA, and neuraxial opioid therapy conversions, which help practitioners ensure they are calculating appropriate dosages – dosages that could improve or save lives.

Contents include:

• Chapter 1: Introduction to Opioid Conversion Calculations
• Chapter 2: Converting Among Routes and Formulations of the Same Opioid
• Chapter 3: Converting Among Routes and Formulations of Different Opioids
• Chapter 4: Titrating Opioid Regimens: Around the Clock and to the Rescue!
• Chapter 5: Transdermal and Parenteral Fentanyl Dosage Calculations and Conversions
• Chapter 6: Methadone: A Complex and Challenging Analgesic, But It’s Worth It!
• Chapter 7: Patient-Controlled Analgesia and Neuraxial Opioid Therapy
• Chapter 8: Calculating Doses from Oral Solutions and Suspensions