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GLOBAL OPIOID CONSUMPTION, 2010

The table below shows the 2010 global mean consumption of each drug in milligrams per capita and Morphine Equivalence (ME) milligrams per capita, as reported to the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB). For detailed global consumption data, click on the drug name in the table.

Drug
mg/capita
ME mg/capita
Fentanyl 0.2004 16.70
Hydromorphone 0.4975 2.49
Methadone 4.5771 18.31
Morphine 5.9912 5.99
Oxycodone 10.7651 14.32
Pethidine 1.1895 0.30

Morphine Equivalence Trend 1980 - 2010

 

 

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