Five Solid Strategies to Minimize Opioid Use.
Editor's note: this article was originally posted on NAPA's website
In 2017, 70,237 Americans died from drug overdose and 80% of heroin users started with prescription opioids. There is no question that educated patients are safer patients, particularly when it comes to the risk of opioid abuse. Yet, when anesthesia clinicians review perioperative risks with patients in the pre-anesthesia interview, the potential for chronic opioid use after a surgical procedure is often overlooked. Jonathan Markley, DO, North American Partners in Anesthesia discusses ways to educate patients with five strategies to minimize opioid use.
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