Plan:
Discontinue Tylenol and Norco and start morphine 3 mg IV Q4H for pain.
During the hospitalization, MG's pain is well-controlled on the morphine prescribed. The team has started discharge planning and asks the pharmacist to convert the morphine back to an equivalent dose of Norco then reduce the dose by 25%. Which Norco dosing regimen should the pharmacist recommend if the milligram dose of oral hydrocodone is equivalent (1:1) to the milligram dose of oral morphine?
A. Norco 5/325 mg every 4 hours
B. Norco 5/325 mg every 12 hours
C. Norco 7.5/325 mg every 6 hours
D. Norco 10/325 mg every 4 hours
E. Norco 10/325 mg every 6 hours