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. 2021 Mar 22;50(5):1699–1708. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afab048

Table 1 .

List of medications used by study participants (morphine conversion factor) [23, 24]

Natural opium alkaloids
  • Codeine phosphate hemihydrate (0.15)
  • Morphine sulfate pentahydrate (1.00)
  • Morphine hydrochloride trihydrate (1.00)
  • Oxycodone hydrochloride (1.50)
  • Hydromorphone hydrochloride (4.00)
  • Oxycodone hydrochloride + naloxone hydrochloride (1.50)
Diphenylpropylamine derivatives
  • Methadone hydrochloride (3.00)
Phenylpiperidine derivatives
  • Fentanyl (7.20)
Oripavine derivatives
  • Buprenorphine (12.60)
Opioids in combination with non-opioid analgesics
  • Paracetamol + codeine phosphate hemihydrate (0.15)
Other opioids
  • Tramadol hydrochloride (0.10)
  • Tapentadol (0.40)