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Mme.
1abbreviation
Madame.
M.M.E.
2abbreviation
Master of Mechanical Engineering.
Master of Mining Engineering.
Master of Music Education.
Mme
noun
the French equivalent of Mrs
Word History and Origins
Origin of Mme.1
Example Sentences
These guidelines recommend avoiding opioid prescriptions if at all possible and, when prescribing them for chronic pain, generally keeping the dosage below 90 morphine milligram equivalents, or M.M.E., per day — a measure calculated by comparing other opioids to the strength of morphine.
Importantly, they eliminate the 90 M.M.E. per day recommended dosage cap.
While the guidelines explicitly reject dosage caps, they continue to warn doctors to be wary of dosing over 50 M.M.E. per day, which could still be misread as a rule.
Dr. Frieden defended 90 M.M.E., as the measurement is known, as a responsible ceiling.
A report by the inspector general at the Department of Health and Human Services estimated that in 2016 about 500,000 beneficiaries of Medicare drug plans had been getting prescriptions of 120 M.M.E. or greater for three months or longer — a figure that doesn’t fully capture the current affected population.
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