Doctors are accidentally killing patients \nby the thousands each year because a standard \nreference tool \nused throughout the medical industry is wrong, \ntwo experts \nare claiming.

A 3:1 equianalgesic dose ratio (morphine:methadone) at lower doses, but higher conversion ratios that increase at higher doses (eg, 5:1, 8:1, 10:1, 12:1, 15:1) have been used.

GPs prescribed nearly 24 million potentially addictive painkillers, equivalent to 2,700 an hour. ... NHS accused of fuelling rise in opioid addiction. Published. 15 March 2018. Share. close panel ...