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Acute Post-Operative Pain Management: Preventing Overuse Of Opioids, Alison Hirsch

Theses and Graduate Projects

Background: Surgical pain management with opioids is common. The use of multimodal analgesia has been proposed in order to provide opioid-sparing regimens and improve pain control post-operatively. Inadequate control of surgical pain can lead to development of chronic pain. Furthermore, studies have linked acute surgical opioid use to increased risk of long-term use. Long-term opioid use has undesirable, life-altering consequences, including physical dependence and addiction which may lead to overdose or death. Use of a variety of medications in the operative setting can lead to synergistic or additive effects on pain control, thus decreasing post-operative opioid consumption.

Methods: A literature …