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Journal of Pain & Palliative Care Pharmacotherapy Volume 37, 2023 - Issue 3
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Checking Each Other’s Math: Is It Possible Without a Single Standard for Opioid Dose Equivalence?

Kyle P. Edmondsa Division of Geriatrics, Gerontology, Palliative Care Department of Medicine, UC San Diego School of Medicine UC San Diego Health Sciences, San Diego, CA, USA;b Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego Health Sciences, La Jolla, CA, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-0790-5211View further author information
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Rabia S. Atayeeb Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, UC San Diego Health Sciences, La Jolla, CA, USA;c Department of Pharmacy, UC San Diego Health, San Diego, CA, USA.Correspondence[email protected]
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Pages 213-215 | Received 30 Mar 2023, Accepted 17 Mar 2023, Published online: 31 Jul 2023

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