Is the whole concept of MME's pharmacologically unsound? Implications for pain...

Should pain MD's be commanding "Show me the data" on MME conversion? Comments to the FDA: Opioid Dosing Based on Milligram Morphine Equivalents Is Unscientific The following comments will be submitted to the FDA. I will demonstrate why the Morphine Milligram Equivalent (MME) conversion chart, the main pillar of the CDC 2016 Prescribing Guidelines, is deeply flawed. Hence, all opioid policies are based on MMEs are likewise invalid, yet they continue to... www.acsh.org "Bottom Line It is incomprehensible that the CDC would put out a series of guidelines without bothering to consider even the most fundamental tenets of pharmacology. But this is what happens when a woefully uninformed group like PROP feeds advice to an... Read more
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