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W hy include intra- venous NSAIDs in your multi- modal pain protocol? As these reasons show, IV anti-inflammatories are likely to promote better outcomes, faster discharges and better overall recoveries. • They control dynamic pain. The 3 approved IV agents — Toradol (ketorolac), Caldolor (ibuprofen) and Dyloject (diclofenac) — not only help reduce pain, they're especially effective in combating dynamic pain. That's the pain post-operative patients experience when they try to move. Unlike opioids, which can be very effective for patients who are at rest, NSAIDs can play an important role in recovery, because M A R C H 2 0 1 6 • O U T PA T I E N TS U R G E R Y. N E T • 6 5 The Case for IV Anti-Inflammatories IV NSAIDs should figure prominently in multimodal pain protocols Eugene R. Viscusi, MD Philadelphia, Pa. • UNDER CONTROL Easy-to-use IV NSAIDs let you get a potent non-opioid analgesic on board before surgery.

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