Posted by undopaminergic on June 5, 2008, at 13:10:33
In reply to Re: Does anyone have the original buprenorphine st, posted by okydoky on June 4, 2008, at 12:20:49
> Can anyone direct me to or tell me some kind of equivelent dose of Subutex to Oxycontin? To take for pain management. Or how one would go about making the change from one to the other?
>Various opioids differ to various extents, and so there may be no truly equivalent dose. However, some theoretical conversion factors have been published. For calculation of the approximate dose of buprenorphine required to replace oxycodone, start by determining the daily dose of morphine that corresponds to your daily dose of oxycodone. Then convert the daily dose of morphine to the equivalent dose of buprenorphine.
For example, if you take 20 mg oxycodone a day, multiply that by the conversion factor 2, and you get 40 mg moprhine.
Then convert the morphine dose using the generous conversion faction 0.04, which yields 1.6 mg of buprenorphine. This may be divided into the number of daily doses you wish to take. Generally 2-3 doses would be appropriate.
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