What is the latest guidelines on switching dose of morphine

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Answer the following Questions :

A. If in your hospital the only oral opioid you have is dihydrocodeine: For post sports orthopedic surgeries like ACL, shoulder, hand and ankle pain managementwhat is the latest guidelines and studies and evidenced based data's recommendation regarding the starting dose and frequency for oral opioids specially dihydrocodeine?

B. How effective is it to start the patient on paracetamol (acetaminophen) around the clock plus NSAIDs around the clock PLUS when needed dihydrocodeine? Will this combination reduce patient's need for dihydrocodeine and other opioids?

C. What are the most updated recommendations and guidelines on providing opioids to post op orthopedic patients.

D. You had one ACLR patient that his pain was not managed by dihydrocodeine and he was switched to tramadol. The switch to tramadol was successful in managing patient's pain. What is the reason that tramadol worked better than dihydrocodeine for this patient?

E. You had one ACLR patient that his pain was not managed by dihydrocodeine and he was switched to oxycodone. The switch to oxycodone was successful in managing patient's pain. What is the reason that tramadol worked better than dihydrocodeine for this patient?

F. What is the latest guidelines on switching dose of morphine PCA to oral dihydrocodeine and other oral opioids.

G. What is the international guidelines regarding reporting narcotics adverse drug reactions (ADR)?

H. What is the emetogenicity of dihydrocodeine compared to other narcotics?

I. What is the evidenced based recommendations regarding adding a zolpidem order to help a post op patient sleep who is on dihydrocodeine?

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