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PREEMPTIVE STRIKE At the Texas Health Women's Specialty Surgery Center, they've
decreased narcotics usage by giving patients non-opioid analgesics during pre-op.
Awards
Pre-op analgesia makes
the difference at the
Texas Health Women's
Specialty Surgery Center,
Dallas, Texas
Pain Management
T
he name of the game today is multimodal post-surgical pain
management. Playing an increasingly important role in this
regimen are non-opioid analgesics. The leaders in this category are long-lasting Exparel (bupivacaine liposome
injectable suspension), encapsulated in DepoFoam, a
proprietary technology that lets Exparel's analgesic
effects last much longer
UNDER CONTROL
than the standard 6 to 8
Vicki V. Schultz, RN, CASC,
hours, as well as
president of the Texas Health
Women's Specialty Surgery
injectable ibuprofen
Center, says patients are up
(Caldolor) and
and about faster, thanks to
a multi-tiered approach
injectable acetaminoto reducing pain.
phen (Ofirmev). Non8 4
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