Opioid crisis has resulted in lower dosages post-surgery for seniors, study finds
Physicians appear to be reducing opioid doses for seniors after surgery and more frequently prescribing non-opioid painkillers as well.
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New study highlights how pain management practices are changing after surgery
Although there has been no decrease in the number of opioid prescriptions seniors receive after surgery, the doses of those prescriptions are lower, according to a study of more than a quarter million Canadian patients being presented at the ANESTHESIOLOGY 2022 annual meeting.
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