A new patient will be returning home. You are asked to convert her morphine infusion to oral medication. Presently her pain is well controlled with morphine 7mg/h by SQ infusion. a) What dose of Long acting morphine would you recommend. b) what would you recommend for the dose of fentanyl?
7mg x 24hr=168mg IV 168mg/10mgx30=504 total morphine dose a) 500/2=250mg rounded 260mgQ12hr b)fentanyl 50% daily morphine dose(500/2)=250mcg/hr