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What is methodone equal to in pain medication?

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Dr. Michael Dugan answered

Specializes in Hematology

There are: Tables to compare the relative potencies of drugs in the narcotic class -- need to know if you are curious about an equivalent morphine dose, fentanyl, oxycodone, or another.

Answered 3/6/2013

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Depends: Methadone is a very hard drug to monitor. It has wide variations in different bodies and depends in dose. It is not to be used for fast pain relief and should only be used for chronic pain in opioid tolerant patients.

Answered 6/28/2014

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