Open AccessInches, Centimeters, and Yards
Author(s) -
Nabarun Dasgupta,
Yanning Wang,
Jungjun Bae,
Alan C Kinlaw,
Brooke Chidgey,
Toska Cooper,
Chris Delcher
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the clinical journal of pain/the clinical journal of pain
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.109
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1536-5409
pISSN - 0749-8047
DOI - 10.1097/ajp.0000000000000948
Subject(s) - medicine , population , medical prescription , demography , pharmacology , environmental health , sociology
Morphine-standardized doses are used in clinical practice and research to account for molecular potency. Ninety milligrams of morphine equivalents (MME) per day are considered a "high dose" risk threshold in guidelines, laws, and by payers. Although ubiquitously cited, the "CDC definition" of daily MME lacks a clearly defined denominator. Our objective was to assess denominator-dependency on "high dose" classification across competing definitions.