Table 2.

Opioid type and dosing used in the elderly with cognitive impairment

	Dose range	Median daily dose
Morphine	8–20 mg	10 mg
Oxycodone	5–120 mg	17.5 mg
Buprenorphine	10 μg/h	5–20 μg/h
Codeine ± paracetamol	30–180 mg	79 mg
Transdermally administered fentanyl	12–75 μg/h	18.5 μg/h
Tramadol	50–300 mg	100 mg
Hydromorphone	Not used	Not used

Source: [49, 50]