Opioid prescriptions after surgeries down, Michigan doctors say
7 Action News spoke with doctors who say cases of prescription fraud, or doctors intentionally overprescribing of opioids, is very rare.
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7 Action News spoke with doctors who say cases of prescription fraud, or doctors intentionally overprescribing of opioids, is very rare.
7 Action News spoke with doctors who say cases of prescription fraud, or doctors intentionally overprescribing of opioids, is very rare.
Study points to the need to personalize pain-relief approach.
Michigan Medicine study finds similar health outcomes in opioid and non-opioid post-surgery medications Share this: A recent study from Michigan Medicine at the University of Michigan Health shows post-surgery opioid and non-opioid pain treatments have the same health outcomes, pain control, and patient satisfaction. The study said surgeons can provide pain relief without prescribing opioids and risking dangerous repercussions of long-term opioid abuse. The study had 22,000 participants from 70 hospitals who underwent common surgeries from Jan. 1 to Oct. 31 of 2019. They found post-su...
Surgeons can ease their patients' pain from common operations without prescribing opioids, and avoid the possibility of starting someone on a path to long-term use, a pair of new studies suggests.