| Units used for calculating annualised OMEQe |
Drug product | Recommended daily dosea
,b | Oral morphine equivalent of daily dose (mg)c
,d | Annual number of prescriptions | Annualised total OMEQe burden (mg) |
Buprenorphine | | | | |
10 mcg per hour | 1 patch per week | 24 | 28 | 672 |
52.5 mcg per hour | 1 patch twice a week | 126 | 354 | 44 604 |
Codeine | | | | |
Co-codamol 8/500 | 2 tablets 4 times a day | 6.4 | 17 952 | 114 893 |
Codeine phosphate 30 mg | 2 tablets 4 times a day | 24 | 16 293 | 391 032 |
Zapain capsules (30/500) | 2 tablets 4 times a day | 24 | 112 | 2688 |
Dihydrocodeine | | | | |
Co-dydramol 10/500 | 2 tablets 4 times a day | 8 | 153 047 | 1 224 376 |
DHC Continus 90 mg MR tablet | 1 tablet twice a day | 18 | 1009 | 18 612 |
Remedeine tablet | 2 tablets 4 times a day | 16 | 1295 | 20 720 |
Fentanyl | | | | |
Durogesic 100 mcg per hour patch | 1 patch every 3 days | 360 | 131 | 47 160 |
Fentanyl 200 mcg SL lozenge | 1 lozenge 4 times a day | 120 | 40 | 4800 |
Fentanyl 25 mcg per hour patch | 1 patch every 3 days | 90 | 3429 | 308 610 |
Morphine | | | | |
Morphgesic SR 10 mg m/r tablet | 1 tablet twice a day | 20 | 73 | 730 |
MXL 60 mg m/r capsule | 1 capsule once a day | 60 | 23 | 1380 |
Oramorph 10 mg/5 ml liquid 100 ml | 5 mL every 2 hours | 120 | 573 | 68 760 |
Sevredol 20 mg tablet | 1 tablet every 6 hours | 120 | 299 | 35 880 |
Oxycodone | | | | |
Longtec 20 mg m/r tablets | 1 tablet twice a day | 80 | 1 | 80 |
Oxycodone HCl 20 mg capsule | 1 capsule every 4 hours | 240 | 250 | 60 000 |
OxyContin 80 mg m/r tablet | 1 capsule twice a day | 320 | 262 | 83 840 |
Tramadol | | | | |
Dromadol XL 200 mg m/r tablet | 1 tablet once daily | 20 | 11 | 220 |
Tramadol 50 mg capsule | 2 capsules 4 times a day | 40 | 93 918 | 3 756 720 |
Tramacet 325 mg/37.5 mg | 2 tablets 4 times a day | 30 | 4450 | 133 500 |
Other | | | | |
Co-proxamol 32.5 mg/325 mg tablet | 2 tablets 4 times a day | 26 | 82 015 | 2 132 390 |
Hydromorphone HCl 1.3 mg capsule | 1 capsule every 4 hours | 58.5 | 6 | 351 |
Pethidine HCl 50 mg tablet | 1 tablet every 4 hours | 30 | 2381 | 71 430 |