Guideline for reducing opioid use post-surgery leads to high pain management satisfaction
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25 February 2021Guideline for reducing opioid use post-surgery leads to high pain management satisfaction
A prescribing guideline tailored to patients’ specific needs reduced the number of opioid pills prescribed after major surgery with researchers reporting a greater than 90 percent patient satisfaction rate with pain management and the highest compliance rate to date with appropriate disposal of leftover pills. The study was selected for the 2020 New England Surgical Society Program and published as an “article in press” on the website of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS) in advance of print.
