Therefore, to get equivalent strength of oxymorphone through oxycodone, one has to take their
oxymorphone dosage
and multiply it by 2 to yield equivalent
oxycodone dosing in mgs.
Here is another example, if a patient is taking 10 mg of oxymorphone per day and wants to switch from oxymorphone to oxycodone, the patient would need to be dosed twice the amount of his oxymorphone dosage as mgs of oxycodone (10 mg of oxymorphone = 20 mg of oxycodone).