Taking a Scalpel to Opioid Painkiller Risks
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Multiple new surgery studies show progress and opportunity to reduce prescribing and better support pain care across many types…
Multiple new surgery studies show progress and opportunity to reduce prescribing and better support pain care across many types…
When they started practicing medicine, most surgeons say, there was little or no information about just how many pain pills…
Would doctors pay attention to opioid-prescribing guidelines that are surgery-specific, and would smaller amounts be sufficient…
As opioid addiction and deadly overdoses escalated into an epidemic across the U.S., thousands of surgeons continued to hand…
A guest column by the American Society of Anesthesiologists, exclusive to KevinMD.com. The opioid epidemic has reached a…
Following minor surgery, a Kaiser Health News columnist sees up close how easily doctors can prescribe opioid pain pills, and…
The first principle of medicine is to “do no harm.” Over the past two decades, the medical community has attempted to honor…
The answer involves both biology and economics, but the opioid crisis is forcing us to consider investing more in pain research.L…
TPR PODCAST EPISODE #15: HOW EASY IS IT TO GET ADDICTED TO OPIOIDS? As has been well reported in medical papers, government…
MedicalResearch.com MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Chad M. Brummett, M.D. Associate Professor Director, Clinical…
MedicalResearch.com MedicalResearch.com Interview with: Chad M. Brummett, MD Division of Pain Medicine, Department of…
A new study finds that 6 percent of American adults who have surgery are still on opioids months after their pain should be gone.