Full and partitioned* opioid prescriptions sufficient to meet the analgesic need for 80% of the participants for 14 d, for morphine 5 mg tablets and conversion to equivalent doses of other opioid medications
| Type of opioid (dose) | Renal colic, abdominal pain, other unspecified pain categories | Fracture, back and neck pain, other musculoskeletal pain | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full prescription, no. of tablets | Partitioned prescription, no. of tablets | Full prescription, no. of tablets | Partitioned prescription, no. of tablets | |
| Morphine (5 mg) | 8 | 4 | 24 | 12 |
| Oxycodone (5 mg) | 5 | 3 | 16 | 8 |
| Hydromorphone (1 mg) | 10 | 5 | 30 | 15 |
| Codeine (30 mg) | 9 | 5 | 27 | 13 |
| Tramadol (50 mg) | 8 | 4 | 24 | 12 |
↵* “Partitioned” indicates number of tablets dispensed by pharmacist initially, with the patient returning to the pharmacy if more tablets are needed.