MED_50 {OralOpioids}

Maximum number of units/millilitres of oral opioids allowed per day assuming a daily limit of 50 MED/day for a DIN or NDC from the Opioid Table by using the DIN or NDC

Description

MED_50 gives us the maximum nuber of units (e.g. tablets or capsules for solid oral opioids and no. of millilitres for liquid oral opioids that are safe assuming a Morphine equivalent Dose of 50.)

Usage

MED_50(Drug_ID, Opioid_Table)

Arguments

Drug_ID

A numeric value for the DIN or NDC. Exclude all zeros in front.

Opioid_Table

Opioid dataset which can be loaded by using the load_HealthCanada_Opioid_Table() or load_FDA_Opioid_Table() function. The name you use to call the function should be input here.

Value

no. of units to reach 50 MED

Examples

FDA_Opioid_Table <- load_Opioid_Table(no_download = TRUE, country="US")
HealthCanada_Opioid_Table <- load_Opioid_Table(no_download = TRUE, country="Canada")
MED_50(786535, HealthCanada_Opioid_Table)
MED_50("0093-0058", FDA_Opioid_Table)