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ne of our general surgeons wanted to know if giving her laparo-
scopic hernia and cholecystectomy patients a non-opioid, non-
NSAID, intravenous analgesic pre-operatively would reduce the
use of opioids, reduce pain and improve discharge times. To find out,
we performed an evidence-based study in our unit at the Surgery
Center at Virginia Baptist Hospital in Lynchburg, Va.
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: Should We Switch to Non-Opioid IV Pain Meds?
PAIN CONTROL
PAIN STUDY Surgical unit RNs
conducted a study to find out
how a non-opioid IV analgesic
given pre-operatively compared
to morphine and fentanyl.
