Supplementary Table 1: Opioids administered to patients or controls. The number, n, of patients taking a particular opioid and the respective group percentage are given. In the right column the dose conversion ratios for the opioids to oral morphine equivalents (OME) are given.
Opioid Patients Controls OME conversion
fatcoir
N % N %
Buprenorphine 2 6.7 3 10.7 100
Fentanyl 14 46.7 2 7.1 100
Hydromorphone 5 16.7 0 0 5
Morphine 30 100 28 100 2 (i.v., s.c.), 1 (oral)
Oxycodone 5 16.7 2 7.1 1.5
Piritramid 4 13.3 2 7.1
Sufentanil 3 10 0 0 750
Tilidine 0 0 7 25.0 0.2
Tramadol 1 3.3 10 35.7 0.2